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   France Pressures Twitter to Address Rise in Hate-Speech Hashtags

   1:54 am 1/10/2013

   • by Rhonda Richford

   After homophobic, racist and anti-semitic hashtags trended in the country in recent months, the micro-blogging site faces calls to hand over user information.Read more

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   'Tweets Are Not News, People!': One Anonymous Exec's Plea to Stop the Insanity (Guest Column)

   5:00 am 12/27/2012

   • by Anonymous

   From hip-hop feuds to bored media moguls with an inability to self-censor, 2012 was the year that Twitter became a social scourge.Read more

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   'X Factor' Sees Significant Social Media Strides

   2:30 pm 12/19/2012

   • by Shirley Halperin

   The Simon Cowell-led contest is the most social broadcast show and has quadrupled its social TV activity in season two.Read more

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   Nielsen and Twitter Partner for Social Media TV Ratings

   12:21 pm 12/17/2012

   • by Michael O'Connell

   TV's leading provider of metrics and the micro-blogging site will start measuring online conversations about series at the start of the fall 2013 season. Read more

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   Leveson: Google, Twitter New Threats to Privacy

   2:32 am 12/7/2012

   • by Pip Bulbeck

   The justice who presided over the U.K. phone hacking inquiry talks about privacy and the Internet at a privacy forum in Sydney but refuses to discuss his report released last week.Read more

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   Whoopi Goldberg Slammed for Retweet About 'Massacred' Palestinians

   7:28 pm 11/20/2012

   • by Aaron Couch

   After coming under fire, the "View" co-host wrote "I'm NOT going to stop having an opinion cos someone somewhere is not gonna like it."Read more

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   Rupert Murdoch Apologizes for Saying 'Jewish-Owned Press' Is 'Anti-Israel'

   1:15 pm 11/18/2012

   • by Jane Kellogg

   The News Corp. chief issued a half-apology for earlier tweeting his dissatisfaction with the coverage of the conflict in Gaza.Read more

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   Peter Chernin Joins Twitter Board

   7:13 pm 11/15/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   "I've been a longtime user of Twitter for news & info," the former News Corp. executive tweeted.Read more

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   Charlie Sheen Dragged into NFL Star's Lawsuit Over Controversial Tweets

   7:30 am 11/12/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall is challenging the strength of "morals clauses" in celebrity endorsement deals.Read more

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    Jonah Hill, CNN's Don Lemon Get Nasty in Late-Night Feud

    9:06 am 11/9/2012

    • by Jordan Zakarin

    The news anchor said Hill snubbed him at a hotel, and later blasted the "21 Jump Street" star on television for treating him "like the help."Read more

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