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Twitter introduces pre-roll ads to Periscope videos

March 28, 2017
Anthony Ha

 Twitter is announcing a new ad unit — pre-roll ads on Periscope videos. In a blog…

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With a service that donates to the ACLU when Trump tweets, Make Tweets Great Again is a prime example of apps as activism

March 27, 2017
Jonathan Shieber

 Earlier this month, Sarah Silverman tweeted about a new website called Make Tweets Great Again that…

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Social media firms facing fresh political pressure after London terror attack

March 27, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Yesterday UK government ministers once again called for social media companies to do more to combat…

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Twitter remembers it owns Tweetdeck

March 23, 2017
Ryan Lawler

 It’s been six years since Twitter acquired Tweetdeck, but the company might finally bring new features…

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Twitter nixed 635k+ terrorism accounts between mid-2015 and end of 2016

March 21, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Twitter has revealed it suspended a total of 376,890 accounts between July 1 through December 31…

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In push for more live video, Twitter officially announces the Producer API

March 21, 2017
Sarah Perez

 Confirming earlier reports by The Information and here at TechCrunch, Twitter officially announced the launch of…

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Twitter launching Live video API tomorrow

March 20, 2017
Josh Constine

 Twitter is about to make it much easier for media publishers to post live video broadcasts…

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As hyper-conservative media surged, Republicans’ trust in news cratered

March 19, 2017
Ken Miller

 In 2000, Republicans, Democrats and Independents were all within six percentage points of one another in…