By Andrea Zelinsky, Austin Bureau Updated 9:52 am CDT, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Marc Rylander, spokesperson for the Texas attorney general, (second from left) enters the courtroom where the federal lawsuit on transgender bathroom rules with other lawyers at Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth on Aug. 12, 2016. His Twitter account, @marcrylander, disappeared just days after he shared messages trivializing sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 17, 2018. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News) less Marc Rylander, spokesperson for the Texas attorney general, (second from left) enters the courtroom where the federal lawsuit on transgender bathroom rules with other lawyers at Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse ... more Photo: Nathan Hunsinger, The Dallas Morning News / Staff Photographer PHOTOS: What you should know Communications Director for the … [Read more...] about After mocking Kavanaugh’s accuser on Twitter, Texas attorney general spokesman deletes account
Monica Lewinsky asks Eminem on Twitter to help stop bullying
Marc Daalder Detroit Free Press Published 12:45 PM EDT Sep 18, 2018 On Tuesday, Monica Lewinsky asked rapper Eminem to join an anti-bullying campaign she is organizing. In her entreaty, Lewinsky referenced Eminem's 2013 hit, "Rap God," which mentions former President Bill Clinton's sex scandal. The revelation of the relationship between Lewinsky and Clinton, while the former was a White House intern and the latter the President, led to scandal. "Hey (Eminem) – you Rap God," she wrote on Twitter, "Could you (or your people) plz reach out to me on DM about trying to get you involved in an anti-bullying campaign for next month?" Lewinsky has spent the years since the sex scandal broke as an anti-bullying activist. Eminem has repeatedly spoken about how he was bullied in high school. During a 2010 "60 Minutes" segment, he told Anderson Cooper, "I was beat up in the bathrooms, in the hallways, shoved in the lockers – for the most part for being the new … [Read more...] about Monica Lewinsky asks Eminem on Twitter to help stop bullying
DeVos to students: Don’t hide behind a Twitter handle
KRISTEN DE GROOT, Associated Press Updated 2:30 pm CDT, Monday, September 17, 2018 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Photo: Matt Rourke, AP Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Photo: Matt Rourke, AP Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Education Secretary Betsy … [Read more...] about DeVos to students: Don’t hide behind a Twitter handle
Sweden to End Twitter Experiment Letting Ordinary People Be Nation’s Voice
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Europe Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Advertisement Supported by ByChristina Anderson Sept. 16, 2018 STOCKHOLM — It was a radical experiment in free speech, even for Sweden: Give ordinary and not-so-ordinary people the chance to be, more or less, the official voice of a nation. After seven years of tweets on topics as varied as manga comics, ugly sweaters and the dangers of prescription drugs, Sweden is calling it quits. Since 2011, control of the Twitter account @sweden has been handed to a different person each week, allowing the curators to tweet about almost anything they please. At the end of September, after 356 curators and more than 200,000 tweets, the experiment will end. The messages, largely in English, have ranged from didactic to deeply personal, polite to racy. Along the way, @sweden has provoked heads of state, stirred controversy, got … [Read more...] about Sweden to End Twitter Experiment Letting Ordinary People Be Nation’s Voice
Long Beach rapper charged with threatening mayor on Twitter
By Megan Barnes | [email protected] | Long Beach Press-Telegram PUBLISHED: September 12, 2018 at 7:38 pm | UPDATED: September 14, 2018 at 11:04 pm A 29-year-old Long Beach man has been charged with making criminal threats against Mayor Robert Garcia on Twitter. Mario Chheng, a local rapper, faces up to three years behind bars for a series of tweets July 23 telling his followers to open fire on their city halls and saying he would “murk” — or severely beat or kill — the mayor, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Chheng was arrested four days later, after an official from Garcia’s office alerted police to the tweets, said Long Beach Police Detective David Ternullo. The suspect’s Twitter account has since been suspended. “There were several threatening tweets, but the main one that was of interest to us was ‘I’ll set this sh– off, I’ll murk our mayor,’” Ternullo said. In … [Read more...] about Long Beach rapper charged with threatening mayor on Twitter