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A mushroom cloud rises moments after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945.

Social media jitters: #WorldWarIII leads the top trends on Twitter

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This June 27, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is photographed on an Apple iPad in New York. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s tweets set records in 2019

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019, file photo, actor Zac Efron poses for photographers upon arrival at a premiere in London. On his Twitter and Instagram accounts Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, Efron said he has has “bounced back” after an illness while filming a show in Papua New Guinea. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Zac Efron: ‘I bounced back’ from illness in Papua New Guinea

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Twitter patches bug in Android app, encourages users to update

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This July 9, 2019, file photo shows pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter says it has removed nearly 6,000 accounts it has deemed tied to a state-backed information operation in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

Pete Hegseth, former executive director of Vets For Freedom, walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Pete Hegseth, ‘Fox & Friends’ host, slams ‘Leftist tech mob’ over Twitter suspension

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter is bringing back special labels to help users identify accounts and tweets from U.S. political candidates. The company, which first used such labels for the midterms last year, said it is trying to provide users with original sources of information and prevent spoofed and fake accounts from fooling voters. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter brings back election labels for 2020 US candidates

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has created a list of fugitives wanted for vehicular manslaughter and other crimes. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jury acquits Brandon Ziobrowski; man posted $500 bounty to kill ICE agents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 14, 2019, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk is going on trial for his troublesome tweets in a case pitting the billionaire against a British diver he allegedly dubbed a pedophile. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Elon Musk tells jurors insult provoked ‘pedo guy’ tweet

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

The scene on London Bridge in central London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, after an attack on London Bridge on Friday. UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year managed to stab several people before being tackled by bystanders and shot dead by officers on London Bridge. Two people were killed and three wounded. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

ISIS claims responsibility for London Bridge attack

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Twitter set to delete inactive accounts next month

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Ilhan Omar challenger permanently suspended from Twitter after tweets about hanging congresswoman

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

San Francisco Giants' Aubrey Huff celebrates with his sons Jayce, left, and Jagger, and his wife Barbara after the Giants defeated the San Diego Padres to win the National League West Division title after a baseball game, Saturday, Sept 22, 2012, in San Francisco. The Giants won 8-4. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, Pool)

Aubrey Huff trains sons to fire guns in case Bernie Sanders beats Donald Trump

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This photo shows a search for political ads that were on Facebook displayed on a computer screen Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in New York. Twitter's ban on political advertising is ratcheting up the pressure on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit. Zuckerberg doubled down on Facebooks approach in a call with analysts Wednesday, Oct. 30, he reiterated Facebooks stance that political speech is important." (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Facebook’s liberal bias challenged by competitors

By Matt Mackowiak

FILE - In this July 9, 2019, file photo a pedestrian walks across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. A complaint unsealed in a federal court detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit employees at the social media giant who could tap into the Twitter accounts of political opponents and access their personal data, including internet protocol addresses that can give up a user's location. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Friends, family support Twitter employee charged in spy case

By STEFANIE DAZIO and GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2010, file photo, Pakistani army soldiers help an elderly villager evacuated from a flooded area in Nowshera, Pakistan. As Turkish forces invaded northern Syria in early October 2019, supporters of the offensive launched an online misinformation campaign. Dozens of misleading images claiming to show Turkey’s soldiers cuddling babies, feeding hungry toddlers and carrying elderly women, including this image from 2010, spread across Twitter and Instagram where they were liked, retweeted and viewed thousands of times. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)

Twitter accounts push propaganda photos of Turkish soldiers

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Saudi recruitment of Twitter workers reflects insider risks

By MATT O'BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The Latest: Twitter spying case shows insider risks

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The Latest: Twitter: Tools protect sensitive accounts

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FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics

By DAISY NGUYEN and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press