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Trump will do his dirty dance of Twitter transgression during this election, that's a given. But we in the media must resist the temptation to dance along.

By David Zurawik

Jun 21, 2019

Del. Robbyn Lewis brings awareness to Baltimore's public transportation system by joining a challenge on Twitter.

By Oyin Adedoyin

Jun 13, 2019

Twitter, used by 126 million people daily and now ubiquitous in some industries, has vowed to reform itself after being enlisted as a tool of misinformation and

Marquel Carter, who gained online fame under the persona “Plainpotatoess,” has pleaded guilty to eight misdemeanor charges this week.

By Lillian Reed

May 15, 2019

University President Ronald J. Daniels had called the continued occupation of the building 'an untenable situation'

With so many new faces on the roster, one way to get to know the Orioles players better is to follow them on social media.

A judge has ordered Marquel Carter, who goes by his viral internet persona “Plainpotatoess,” to avoid several individuals and 20 local businesses in the Mount Vernon, Canton and Federal Hill neighborhoods.

By Lillian Reed

Mar 19, 2019

Just think if President Trump spent as much time worrying about the nation and its citizens as he does Fox News.

By David Zurawik

Mar 17, 2019

Merriam-Webster added “hot take” to its dictionary in June 2018. Its definition: a quickly produced, strongly worded, and often deliberately provocative or sensational opinion or reaction. In other words, an opinion without much thought given to it in order to get people to pay attention to you.

How many page views is it worth for a writer to lose her or his credibility? How many clicks for a news platform to lose its readers’ trust?

By David Zurawik

Feb 21, 2019

Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson announced on social media Monday night that he will transfer to Maryland after graduating this spring with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

By Don Markus

Feb 18, 2019

Marquel Carter has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers on his "Plainpotatoess" Twitter, Instagram and Facebook over the past year.

By Lillian Reed

Feb 12, 2019

A Baltimore man with the online persona "Plainpotatoess" has been charged with more than 20 counts of harassment and trespassing stemming from incidents that allegedly occurred while he was filming videos to go on his viral social media accounts, according to police and city officials.

By Lillian Reed

Feb 8, 2019

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a Twitter account, bearing the name of a county police sergeant, that has posted messages advocacy groups called “outrageous” and “blatantly racist.”

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is shutting down Maryland state park-specific social media accounts and merging them with the Maryland State Park accounts, according to a DNR official. Followers of those Twitter accounts aren't happy about it.

Jonah Goldberg: Dogs — and animals generally — are among the few things that bridge the partisan divide.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks — following Adam Jones on either Instagram or Twitter was an adventure in dining.

On the Amazon series, Jack Ryan, who has Baltimore roots, allowed his dinner date to attempt to open the shell of the crab with a mallet instead of using the homegrown technique which requires mostly, if not only, bare hands.

By Brittany Britto

Sep 17, 2018

Author and TV showrunner David Simon returned to Twitter on Wednesday morning, still critical of the social media platform's ban of him earlier this year.

By Wesley Case

Sep 12, 2018

The week before the book’s debut, Mckesson chatted with the Sun about topics as varied as the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, his troubled but improving relationship with his mother and how he’d reform city police and school departments.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Aug 31, 2018

The Twitter account of Ben Jealous, the Democratic candidate for Maryland governor, "liked" a vulgar tweet that criticized police and mocked #BlueLivesMatter. The campaign reversed the "like" and said Jealous had nothing to do with it.

By Doug Donovan

Aug 23, 2018

Major League Baseball is taking steps to ensure its message of inclusion overcomes the recent bad publicity, while the Orioles have separate procedures to review and monitor players' public social media posts.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Aug 13, 2018

A Twitter account @BaltimoreIsWhr invited people to join a flash mob and to post using the hashtag #BlacksAgainstHillary, according to an indictment of 12 Russian agents for hacking Hillary Clintons presidential campaign.

By Jean Marbella

Jul 13, 2018

Hall of Fame Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis lost about half of his Twitter after Twitter began its bot purge Thursday.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jul 13, 2018

Baltimore filmmaker David Simon has been banned from Twitter again, but this was sort of a part of the plan.

By Brittany Britto

Jul 3, 2018

Online harassment and hatred appears to have led to the killings at the Annapolis Capital Gazette — and followed it, too.

After a short forced exile from Twitter, David Simon is back.

Filmmaker and writer David Simon says he has been banned from Twitter after publishing tweets that violate their rules.

By Brittany Britto

Jun 8, 2018

Scammers are using the logo of the Maryland Comptroller's Office in social media messages.

By Sarah Meehan

Jun 7, 2018

Her Twitter account says Chelsea Manning is "safe" after concerning photo is posted.

By Jeff Barker

May 28, 2018

President Donald Trump says everybody is with Tomi Lahren. They're not, but he wouldn't know that from watching Fox News.

By David Zurawik

May 23, 2018

Twitter on Friday appeared to remove gruesome video and images of a man being fatally injured by a light rail car in Baltimore, after an inquiry from The Baltimore Sun.

By Brittany Britto

May 11, 2018

As the person behind the Twitter account of UMBC Athletics, Zach Seidel’s quick-witted sass garnered scores of admirers during the Friday night basketball game when he shot back at those who doubted the team’s chances in the NCAA men’s tournament.

By Alison Knezevich

Mar 17, 2018

There was a national spotlight on the hundreds of Baltimore students who walked out of class and marched to City Hall on Tuesday to protest gun violence.

You can buy new followers for about a penny apiece.

By Jonas Shaffer

Jan 29, 2018

#MyBmore isn’t a traditional marketing campaign but rather a grassroots social media effort encouraging Baltimoreans to rally on behalf of their city by posting photos, videos and stories on Instagram, Twitter and other apps or sites using a common hashtag.

By Jeff Barker

Dec 27, 2017

Only in a Trump White House are lies unimportant as long as they support your views.

Twitter, the premiere online time-wasting service for America's swamp culture, has made a change that should redefine the way we insult random strangers on the Internet.

Russia-linked group promoted protests during trial of Freddie Gray officers

By Luke Broadwater

Oct 12, 2017

Rev. Heber III, a local pastor and community organizer, recognized that the social media accounts for the group "Blacktivists," which the U.S. government now

Russian hackers used facebook ads to sow discord after 2015 riots

'Blactivist' account reportedly linked to Russia raised suspicion among Baltimore activists

Have smartphones destroyed a generation?

Serena Williams says on social media that she gave birth to a baby girl named Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.

An emerging debate about whether elected officials violate people's free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the U.S. as groups

"Don't bring him here, I'll become a Steelers fan and trash all my memorabilia!!"

By Jonas Shaffer

Jul 27, 2017

The dysfunction of the relationship between the president and the media only encourages both sides to boost the dosage and rationalize the addiction

Just like there are a myriad of reasons why youth are drawn to suicide, the reasons why some chose to publicly display the deliberate act of killing themselves are not straightforward. 

President Donald J. Trump appeared to confirm Friday that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice and seemed to use a social media posting to criticize Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.

Comptroller Peter Francot's office sees no problem in its use of state social media accounts to publicize a survey created by his political campaign committee.

By Michael Dresser

May 13, 2017