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Kuwait court jails tweeter for insulting Shiites

A Kuwaiti court on Sunday sentenced a Sunni Islamist activist to three months in jail for writing remarks on his Twitter account deemed derogatory to Shiite Muslims, a legal source said.

Fox News politics Twitter account hacked, hoaxsters tweet Obama assassinated in Iowa

Red-faced Fox News editors were scrambling early Monday to figure out how hackers broke into one of their Twitter accounts and posted several messages that President Obama had been assassinated.

US Federal Trade Commission reviewing Twitter

The Federal Trade Commission is reviewing social networking company Twitter and its dealings with at least one company that makes software designed to interact with the service, according to media reports.

Malaysia defamation case: 100 apologies on Twitter

A Malaysian social activist is apologizing 100 times on Twitter in an unusual settlement with a magazine publisher in a defamation case, his lawyer said Thursday.

NY Rep. Weiner: I did not send Twitter crotch pic

A lewd photograph of a crotch sent from the Twitter account of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is just "a distraction" perpetrated by a hacker, his spokesman said Sunday.

Homeless New Yorker reunites with his daughter after 11 years thanks to Twitter

A homeless New Yorker tweeted his way to a reunion with a daughter he hasn't seen in 11 years.

Iceland protests to U.S. over Twitter data demand

Iceland called in the U.S. ambassador in Reykjavik on Monday to register its displeasure at a U.S. court's demand for details of an Icelandic lawmaker's Twitter account, the State Department said.

China sentences woman to labor camp for Twitter post

A Chinese woman has been sentenced to a year in a labor camp for retweeting a Twitter post that mocked Chinese protesters who smashed Japanese products during a recent demonstration, her fiance said Thursday.

UK police report every incident on Twitter for a day

One of the UK's biggest police forces is Tweeting every incident it deals with.

Twitter under attack by 'mouseover bug'

Twitter came under attack on Tuesday as hackers exploited a security flaw to wreak havoc on the microblogging service.


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