Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos is giving $1 million to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the largest-ever gift to the media rights watchdog. The gift from Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post newspaper, was announced at the organization’s awards dinner Tuesday. “This generous gift will help us continue to grow, to offer … Read more
Caution! The celebs who are wary of Twitter Watson keeps a safe distance from reaction to social media content Beauty and the Beast star Emma Watson has said she does not read social media comments for the sake of her sanity. Watson is playing the lead role in The Circle, the film adaptation of Dave … Read more
An egg icon that for years marked profiles of new Twitter users was gone Monday, a victim of “trolls” who often hid behind them to launch anonymous online attacks. For seven years, anyone who created a Twitter account automatically got an egg icon as their profile picture, which they were then invited to customize with … Read more
Online trolls angered by this week’s bombshell UK court ruling that the Brexit process cannot begin until Parliament has had its say have directed rape and death threats at Gina Miller, the woman behind the legal case. A look at Twitter also reveals a catalog of racist and sexist abuse against Miller, whose legal action … Read more