A show called #Hashtag encourages audience members to tweet during the performance. Quinn.Anya/via Flickr hide caption
Social Web : All Tech Considered Sites like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the Web, altered how we interact with each other and even changed the way news is gathered and delivered. Read about the impact of social media and its continuing evolution.
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More courts are asking jurors to avoid social media services and tools that have become an integral part of modern life, like Twitter, Facebook, email, texting, instant messaging and Internet research. iStockphoto.com hide caption
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GeoCities employees pose for a picture in 1999 after the Yahoo acquisition was announced. Yahoo quietly shut down GeoCities a decade later. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
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Facebook Users Question $20 Million Settlement Over Ads
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When It Comes To Productivity, Technology Can Hurt And Help
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After high-profile accounts have been attacked — including AP's, NPR's and the BBC's — Twitter considers how to thwart hackers and protect users. iStockphoto.com hide caption
As Its Influence Grows, Twitter Becomes A Hacking Target
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Brown University student Sunil Tripathi, who has been missing since March, was wrongly identified in social media as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Reddit has apologized to Tripathi's family "for the pain they have had to endure." Brown University/AP hide caption
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A man's shadow reflects on a bus with an ad for Gmail in Lagos, Nigeria. Google has introduced Inactive Account Manager to help plan for digital life after death. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption
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Facebook users post more than 2.5 billion messages and updates each day, worldwide. All posted content must comply with the company's standards, which ban many forms of speech that, in the United States, are protected offline. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Facebook's Online Speech Rules Keep Users On A Tight Leash
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Egyptians use their mobile phones to record celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the popular revolt that drove Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. Twitter was often used to record happenings during the Arab Spring. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
On Its 7th Birthday, Is Twitter Still The 'Free Speech Party'?
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A screenshot shows how a team would track changes to its rocket project on a Sunglass platform. Sunglass hide caption
The new look of Facebook's News Feed. Facebook hide caption