Maryland High School Coaches Cracking Down on Twitter

With a growing number of high school athletes getting into trouble with posts on social media sites, coaches said they want to ensure their student-athletes are tweeting with discretion.

Bills Address Social Media Privacy

Concerns about employers and universities accessing private social media information has prompted Maryland lawmakers to draft several bills that would cut down on the practice, which some consider to be an invasion of privacy.

Political Hopefuls Look to Reddit for Campaign Momentum

Facebook and Twitter are a must for any political candidate. But only a handful of digitally-savvy candidates have tapped into Reddit, a less well-known social network, to raise money and attract publicity to their campaigns.

Republican Presidential Candidates Rely on Facebook, Twitter

The Republican presidential candidates have made social media campaigning an integral part of their effort to win the White House this year, cutting into the advantage Democrats have traditionally held in online outreach, social media analysts said.

Flash Mob Thefts Organize Without Social Media as Lawmakers Look to Crack Down

As Maryland lawmakers look to make the penalty for flash mob thefts more severe, police have found social media was not used to organize any of the thefts in the Washington, DC, area.

Information Experts: Improving Search Skills Critical

Web users need to vastly improve their online research skills in order to take advantage of growing stores of data on the Internet, a group of leading information thinkers said Monday.

NASA Launches Tweetup

More than one hundred Twitter users attended a “tweetup” at NASA’s Washington headquarters on Thursday