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FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines
Citing two warrantless surveillance orders the social media company published on Friday, legal experts said the FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year.
Twitter said its disclosures were the first time the company had been allowed to publicly reveal the secretive orders. They were delivered with gag orders when they were issued in 2015 and 2016. Their publication follows similar disclosures...
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Columba Bush Debuts Social Media Presence
In a sign of Jeb Bush’s broad Hispanic outreach, his intensely private wife, Columba Bush, slowly started to raise her profile Friday by opening her own Twitter and Instagram accounts. Columba Bush, using the handle @ColumbaBush, plans to reach out in English and Spanish to various segments of the nation’s Latino community, which has one of the highest rates of social-media use in the nation. As with any political figure, the former Florida governor’s wife will update followers on public...
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Bernie Sanders Receives First Senator Endorsement
New York is feeling the Bern! The two democratic presidential nominees Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are set to appear in New York today for the 25th anniversary convention of the National Action Network, a social justice organization run by Rev Al Sharpton. Governors are already beginning to speak out on Bernie's behalf, Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat from Oregon, was the first senator to do so saying, "Bernie Sanders is boldly and fiercely addressing the biggest challenges facing our...
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Trump And The Media - WSJ + NYT Editors Weigh In
The incoming president-elect’s respect for the First Amendment has top editors for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal expressing wariness.
In a special NBC “Meet the Press” episode devoted to the media and President-elect Donald Trump, New York Times editor Dean Baquet said Trump’s remarks about the press and the First Amendment have him troubled.
Baquet said Trump, quote "has said things that should make all journalists nervous about his view of the First Amendment, about...
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Social Media Bullying Victim Showered With Gifts
A Saudi Arabian cleaner was mocked on social media after a photo of him looking at jewelry went viral. The caption read, "he looks as though he is seeing trash." 38-year-old founder of Twitter page 'Ensaniyat' Abdullah al Qahtani searched for the man's true identity so that he could help him. Three hours after he tweeted asking for help, Twitter users found the man. Al Qahtani said, "Some wanted to donate gold sets, others cash, iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones. Even a rice company wanted to...
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