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Almost all political tweets come from just 10% of Twitter users

There’s no question that Twitter plays a major role in US politics, particularly with its policy of letting world leaders like President Donald Trump tweet what they want, even if those tweets violate the tech giant’s rules of engagement. But only 22% of Americans actually use Twitter, and of those, most political tweets are coming from a very small number, …

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‘Stalking apps’ under fire from FTC

The US Federal Trade Commission has settled its first case against a company it said produced “stalking apps” and “stalkerware.” Retina-X Studios developed and sold apps called MobileSpy, PhoneSheriff and TeenShield that secretly monitored people through their phones, Lisa Weintraub Schifferle, an FTC attorney, said in a blog post Tuesday. The apps collected information, including text messages, photos, call logs, …

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