Does a single tweet have the potential to spread violence and hate? Brazilian courts think so. 

Stuck in jail? Try tweeting at the local police.

Twitter partnered with Mozilla to implement the feature, which will prevent sites from collecting cookies from users. 

Blogger Joshua Gross claimed The Next Web plagiarized his blog post and demanded an apology. He got a rude tweet instead.

Statistics reveal how the video-sharing site powers social media, and vice-versa.

Twitter users responded exuberantly to the president's historic announcement. 

In order to avoid scandal on Facebook or Twitter, schools are treating teachers like students. 

Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, is using its most subtle censorship technique yet to squelch news of dissident Chen Guangcheng's escape. 

Lawyers for the man accused of killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin have launched a massive social media campaign to counter supposed media bias. 

Prank MTV News account sends singer's death to the top of the charts.

Monica Crowley said her controversial tweet was a "straightforward question."

Jose Canseco has returned to Twitter, and we still have no idea what he's tweeting about.

After reading a few of these hateful tweets, you might forget it's 2012.