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CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics." Facebook has been criticized for allowing deceptive political ads.

Chinese authorities keep tabs on activists in the streets and on the Internet. But microblogs are now drawing attention to some human-rights cases.

Mary Louise Kelly speaks to NPR's Laura Sydell about security questions raised after a Twitter employee briefly deactivated President Trump's Twitter account on Thursday.

Bill Clinton posted a few messages, including one saying he's enjoying Twitter so far. Earlier, TV host Stephen Colbert had made the former president a fake Twitter account.

Twitter has found more bogus accounts linked to Iran and suspended 284 for participating in a "coordinated manipulation." Another 486 were taken down in the past week for violating Twitter policies.

Religious authorities responded after Saudis used Twitter to show images of human rights activists on trial. The BBC reports the kingdom's most senior cleric called Twitter users "fools." The head of the religious police says any social media user will lose the afterlife.

A Freedom of Information request has forced the FBI to open its internal guide to shorthand on Twitter and other social media. Which includes LFBBEG: Looking For Big Bad Evil Guy.

The San Francisco-based social media company has struggled in recent months to find the right business model.

How did a 16-year-old Target employee become a viral sensation, inspiring a hashtag, a meme and gaining 600,000 Twitter followers?

On Monday, a trending Twitter hashtag threw fans of Cher into a panic. It read: #nowthatcherisdead, all one word, referring to the late British leader. But many read it as "now that Cher is dead."