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Twitter has long faced criticism for its inability to curb harassment and threatening posts. It's now expanding options to flag abuse or avoid seeing offensive posts.

Twitter hasn't changed much over the years, unlike other social media companies that seem to always be rolling out new features. But recently, Twitter announced some new moves of its own.

Author Kate Bussmann doesn't turn on the TV when news breaks — she heads for Twitter. Her new book chronicles a year of cultural and political news through the widely used microblogging site.

The social media giant that made its name on 140-character messages is set to debut on the New York Stock Exchange this week. These numbers help explain why the company is bullish about making millions in advertising.

Arrests in New York and Florida in late January indicate the global virtual currency Bitcoin has the attention of federal prosecutors: A top executive…

A series of threats and abusive messages aimed at prominent women in the U.K. have placed Twitter in an awkward spot. As the company gears up to go public and expand its brand around the world, it is increasingly running into cultural and legal hurdles that challenge Twitter's free speech ethos.

Twitter is expected to lay off workers, on the heels of announcing its new CEO. What do Twitter's recent struggles say about the company — and Silicon Valley in general?

Twitter has put a warning label on a tweet by President Trump for the first time on Tuesday. The company says the tweet contains "potentially misleading information about voting processes."

Twitter says it's reviewing its hateful-conduct policy. The suspension of conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos has prompted a new focus on the company's ongoing struggle to rein in abusive messages.

Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites — and especially Twitter — "has lost this world and his afterlife." Many Saudis have turned to social media sites for news and to discuss issues they might otherwise not be able to bring up.

Also: How President Trump built a California golf course; Russian meddling in U.S. social media; and a team from the Netherlands wins a solar powered car race in Australia.

Also: The Pentagon sends a general to Puerto Rico to help lead emergency work; several are killed in an Indian bridge collapse; and Tajikistan bans loud wailing and tearing of hair at funerals.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Larry Calhoun, who tracks and reports on gun crimes through his Twitter account, DC Realtime News.

The time has come to an end for the @sweden Twitter account. As NPR reported in 2015, it was passed from person to person each week.

Page 25 of "The Twitter Government And Elections Handbook" begins, "What Is Twitter?"

Time says it knows "the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the conversation." They include NPR's Andy Carvin. You can vote on which belongs.

Three people have been charged in connection with hacking celebrities' Twitter accounts earlier this month.

Wordle players get six chances to guess a five-letter word. On social media, people share a graphic that shows how they got their answer, without the answer. The spoiler has been banned from Twitter.

Before Twitter accepted Musk's $44 billion offer, he has floated numerous ideas for changing the social network. Not all of those proposals have been welcomed by experts.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed freshman Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib's expletive-laden call to impeach President Trump, and a top committee leader said it's too early to push for it.