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About. Twitter has been called the pulse of the planet -- home to Lady Gaga, LeBron, foreign revolutionaries, journalists, tech geeks and the Pope himself. CNBC tells the story behind the rise...
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The storied landingof US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River by pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is seen as a pivotal turning point for the burgeoning social media platform. On Jan. 15, 2009, Janis Krums was taking a ferry to New Jersey when he snapped a photo of the plane in the water and shared it with his 170 Twitter followers. Many say th...
Starting in late 2010, a series of anti-government and pro-democracy protests erupted across the Middle East and North Africa in a movement that eventually became known as the Arab Spring. These largely leaderless protests calling for sweeping reforms in the human rights arena -- and in some cases revolution -- appeared in Bahrain, Tunisia, Egypt, ...
The hashtag Black Lives Matter first emerged on a Facebook post following the acquittalof George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The now-global organization's inception is linked to three Black organizers: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. After its first appearance online, the hashtag appeared on Twitte...
For decades, open discussions around sexual harassment and assault -- especially in the workplace -- went largely unspoken, enshrouded in taboo and stigma. That is until a hashtag -- #MeToo -- exploded on Twitter, and eventually led to the toppling of many prominent public figures. The hashtag that opened the floodgatesand empowered survivors to sh...
Twitter quickly became the platform of choice for former President Donald Trump, who used it to communicate directly with his base, arguably more than any other president or presidential candidate before, to secure the nomination and pull off an improbable win in 2016. Politicians are no strangers to Twitter -- Barack Obama still holds the Guinness...
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Aug 7, 2013 · Twitter has been called the pulse of the planet - home to Lady Gaga, LeBron, foreign revolutionaries, journalists, tech geeks, and the Pope himself. C…
Jul 22, 2021 · Tech. Twitter posts fastest revenue growth since 2014 in pandemic rebound. Published Thu, Jul 22 20214:06 PM EDT Updated Fri, Jul 23 20215:58 AM EDT. Jordan Novet @jordannovet. Key Points....
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