Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
(Reuters) — As bombs explode in Gaza, Palestinian teenager Farah Baker grabs her smartphone or laptop before ducking for cover to tap out tweets that capture the drama of the tumult and fear around her. The 16-year-old’s prolific posts on Twitter have made her a social media sensation through the month-old conflict. Once a little known…
Twitter/Newsweek Israel’s embassy in Dublin has deleted a series of tweets showing iconic works of art, including the Mona Lisa, dressed as Jihadists. All images were captioned: “Israel is the last frontier of the free world.” The images, captioned “Israel is the last frontier of the free world,” were sent from the embassy’s official Twitter…
One Direction is at a crossroads. It seems that two members of the popular British boy band have very different opinions when it comes to the war in Gaza. Frontman (and sometimes Jewish wannabe) Harry Styles was criticized last week for being too pro-Israel, after he started following Israel journalist Lliana Bird on Twitter, the…
Shortly after Israel began its ground invasion of Gaza, Anne Barnard, a New York Times reporter who has covered wars for over a decade, stood in the emergency room of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City and watched a 9-year-old girl die. The girl was alone, without family, nameless. And when the doctor finally pronounced…
(JTA) — First, there were the celebrity tweeter and deleters. As the Israel-Gaza conflict continues to spark a proxy war on Twitter and other social media, numerous celebrities are getting themselves caught in the crossfire. Earlier this week, both singer Rihanna and basketball player Dwight Howard alienated partisans on both sides by tweeting the #FreePalestine…
The U.S. under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs published and then removed a tweet with a hashtag in support of Gaza. Rick Stengel used the hashtag #UnitedForGaza in a tweet published late Saturday night calling for an international investigation into the crash of a Malaysian Airlines flight earlier this week in…
As Germany hammered Brazil during the World Cup match yesterday 7-1, Twitter exploded in reaction tweets. With a record 36.6 million tweets were sent out during the match, the Germany-Brazil match became the most discussed sports event in Twitter history. Unsurprisingly a large fraction of those tweets were, well, Nazi jokes. Germany, relax! They’re not…
Rio’s iconic Christ statue will be lit up on the eve of Sunday’s World Cup final in the colors of each of the finalists’ flags with Twitter users to determine which is displayed the longest. Starting on Wednesday, Twitter Inc users around the world can participate by tweeting the hashtag #ArmsWideOpen followed by the abbreviation…
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