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Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service.

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Adrian Weckler Opinion Elon Musk is destroying Twitter’s reputation for safe speech

What an asshole.

Social climber: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Credit: Hannibal Hanschke/AP

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Fionola Meredith Opinion I hate Twitter... but I fully support your right to freely tweet

Twitter: it’s such a sweet-sounding, innocuous name, isn’t it? Presumably it was originally meant to evoke birdsong — a pleasant, light-hearted exchange, everyone calling out in a friendly way to each other from their own perch. Hence the cute bluebird logo.

Alliance Lagan Valley candidate Sorcha Eastwood.

NI politicians call for tech billionaire Elon Musk to tackle ‘cesspit’ of Twitter

Northern Ireland politicians that have faced online abuse have called for action to tackle the “cesspit” of Twitter.

Don’t get pulled in by emotive election posts without fact-checking, warns expert

The co-founder of a Northern Ireland fact-checking organisation has warned voters not to get pulled in by emotive political posts on social media without making sure they are accurate.

Billionaire Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake/File Photo

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Adrian Weckler Opinion Elon Musk might find that running Twitter is not rocket science – it’s much harder

Spare a thought for Sinéad McSweeney.

Are we doing enough to safeguard children while they use social media?

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Big read: Should children and teenagers be on social media?

Anyone who has children in their teenage years will no doubt have memories of sitting down and watching the Disney/Pixar favourite, Finding Nemo.

A Ukrainian serviceman helps a child cross the destroyed bridge in Irpin (Getty Images).

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Nicola Anderson Opinion TikTok and Twitter our crystal-clear windows on true horrors of war in Ukraine

When we watched the horrors of the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers play out on our television screens, it seemed, back then, we could not possibly get any closer to the scene of disaster.

Contrite: UUP leader Doug Beattie. Credit: Charles McQuillan

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Fionola Meredith Opinion We all have a shadow side, and Doug really needs to address his

Oh Doug. What on earth were you thinking? It’s not as if the jokes were even halfway funny. Tired, leaden things filled with awful clichés. Pointlessly, tediously offensive.

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Doug Beattie must seek help for ‘misogyny issues’, says women’s rights expert

A women’s rights campaigner has encouraged Doug Beattie to seek help addressing misogyny.

Doug Beattie. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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Mark Bain Opinion For a torturous hour, Doug Beattie faced the music

There’s a famous scene in Game of Thrones where Cersei Lannister is being dragged through the streets naked to the tolling of a bell with the words of ‘shame, shame’ ringing loud as the baying crowd lining the streets throw rotten food, spit and abuse.

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie. Credit: Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

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Eimear McGovern Opinion Tweet has undone some of Doug Beattie’s good works

Doug Beattie had been having a great weekend. With around 100 days to go until the Assembly election, he was the only political leader in Northern Ireland who had a positive trust rating in a LucidTalk poll carried out for the Belfast Telegraph.

DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and UUP leader Doug Beattie.

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Edwin Poots doesn’t rule out official complaint over Doug Beattie’s joke

DUP minister Edwin Poots has not ruled out taking further action after the Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie posted a joke at his wife’s expense on Twitter.

PSNI contact gardai over offensive and abusive tweet targeting Diane Dodds

The PSNI probing online abuse mocking the late son of DUP MLA Diane Dodds have contacted gardai for assistance, it has been reported.

Ambushed: The timing of the abuse directed at Diane Dodds was especially cruel. Credit: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

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Gail Walker Opinion Abuse spewed out on social media comes from decades of being schooled in callousness

The anonymous tweet sent to Diane Dodds MLA mocking the death of her son Andrew was abusive, vile and horrifying. What wasn’t shocking was the fact it happened.

Chastening experience: Former Alliance MLA Anna Lo at home

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Former MLA Anna Lo on online abuse that forced her out of politics: ‘Trolls posted sex images of Asian women, linking brothels with me’

A former MLA who said “relentless abuse” from online trolls was a major reason why she quit politics in 2016 has called for tech companies to do more to tackle the problem.

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons (Liam McBurney/PA)

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Adrian Weckler Opinion Elon Musk is destroying Twitter’s reputation for safe speech

Fionola Meredith Opinion I hate Twitter... but I fully support your right to freely tweet

NI politicians call for tech billionaire Elon Musk to tackle ‘cesspit’ of Twitter

Don’t get pulled in by emotive election posts without fact-checking, warns expert

Adrian Weckler Opinion Elon Musk might find that running Twitter is not rocket science – it’s much harder

Big read: Should children and teenagers be on social media?

Nicola Anderson Opinion TikTok and Twitter our crystal-clear windows on true horrors of war in Ukraine

Fionola Meredith Opinion We all have a shadow side, and Doug really needs to address his

Doug Beattie must seek help for ‘misogyny issues’, says women’s rights expert

Mark Bain Opinion For a torturous hour, Doug Beattie faced the music

Eimear McGovern Opinion Tweet has undone some of Doug Beattie’s good works

Edwin Poots doesn’t rule out official complaint over Doug Beattie’s joke

PSNI contact gardai over offensive and abusive tweet targeting Diane Dodds

Gail Walker Opinion Abuse spewed out on social media comes from decades of being schooled in callousness

Former MLA Anna Lo on online abuse that forced her out of politics: ‘Trolls posted sex images of Asian women, linking brothels with me’

‘Frustration’ at missing £100 vouchers as latest extended deadline approaches

Loyalist activist Joel Keys on facing backlash after agreeing with Sinn Fein suggestion for united Ireland parliament

Malachi O'Doherty Opinion Why deep-seated hatred may always plague this island

Allison Morris Opinion Social media giants must make a stand against vile trolls

Abusive tweet targeting Dodds is inexcusable, says DUP leader

Allison Morris Opinion Why we haven’t seen last of comeback queen Arlene Foster

Actor Laurence Fox accused over tweet criticising Alliance leader Naomi Long

Emma Little-Pengelly Opinion If social media companies won’t take action, the lawmakers must

Viewpoint Opinion Tighten law to cut trolls down to size

PSNI plans ‘digital police station’ for reporting of crimes via social media

Boxer Agyarko ‘not surprised’ at racist abuse from NI fighter