Online rants by would-be shooters create dilemma for police
Their anger about perceived slights are all over social media for the whole world to see, with rants about minorities, relationships gone bad or paranoid delusions about perceived slights.
Poll: Teens say social media makes them feel better
Today’s teens are always on their smartphones, many check social media “constantly” and prefer texting over face-to-face communication.
Gangs embrace social media with often deadly results
Lamanta Reese lived much of his gang life in virtual reality, posting videos on YouTube of him and others taunting rivals. He died at age 19 in the real world, bleeding from his head onto a porch on Chicago’s South Side after one of those gang rivals, prosecutors say, shot him 11 times.
Girl arrested for New Hope social media threats
A female juvenile has been arrested in connection with social media posts in February threatening New Hope schools.
New Hope school attendance bounces back today
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations, continue to look into a pair of social media posts that threatened violence at New Hope schools that had concerned parents keeping their children out of school Monday.
Facebook to verify ads with postcards after Russian meddling
Facebook will soon rely on centuries-old technology to try to prevent foreign meddling in U.S. elections: the post office.
Senator slams Twitter over suspected accounts tied to Russia
Social media giant Twitter told congressional investigators it has suspended at least two dozen accounts that may have been tied to Russia, but the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee was anything but satisfied.
Twitter to talk to House, Senate in Russia probe
Social media giant Twitter will visit Capitol Hill Thursday as part of the House and Senate investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
SPD using social media to reduce burglaries
Starkville Police Department Public Information Officer Brandon Lovelady is trying to thwart would-be burglars one tweet and Facebook post at a time.
Tech companies banishing extremists after Charlottesville
It took bloodshed in Charlottesville to get tech companies to do what civil rights groups have been calling for for years: take a firmer stand against accounts used to promote hate and violence.
Social media harnessed to expose white nationalists at rally
One of the social media posts resembled a wanted poster or a missing-persons flyer: Photographs of men were arranged in rows, seeking their names and employers.
Harvard students’ ouster over offensive posts stirs debate
Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world’s most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
To post or not to post: Internet tips for college hopefuls
Google yourself. Curate your online photos. The general rule of thumb, as one private high school advises its students: Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want your grandmother to see.
MUW students join Homeland Security challenge to counter extremism, promote diversity
A group of college students at Mississippi University for Women are working with the Department of Homeland Security to fight terrorism.
Lost and found: Woman learns value of social media in finding lost pets
When Amber McFadden discovered that her 6-month-old Great Dane puppy, Viggo, was missing when she arrived to pick him up from her former roommate’s house, the odds of ever finding him were not in her favor.
MSU among leaders in collegiate social media usage
Mississippi State holds a top social media presence among U.S. higher education institutions.
Politicians bypass press, control message
To deliver his first extensive remarks on the contentious Dakota Access oil pipeline, all the new North Dakota governor needed was a camera and a Facebook account.
No holiday for political talk, social media posts suggest
As Americans feasted on turkey Thursday during the nation’s first major post-election holiday, some took to social media to describe the political gloating, loathing and subject avoiding they experienced around the Thanksgiving table.
Report: Daycare nixes Columbus trip over fears about safety
Officials with the Columbus Arts Council told The Dispatch last week a Tupelo daycare has withdrawn from attending an upcoming artist event because of fears of violence in Columbus.
Social media posts at heart of GTRA arrests
As many Mississippians struggle to understand how two of their own could allegedly fall under the influence of radical extremists’ messages, a Mississippi State University assistant professor of marketing says groups like the Islamic State group (IS) find recruiting success by selling their organization as a brand that can fill various voids in their lives.