When algorithms on Twitter, for example, see increased activity around a certain phrase or hashtag, they will typically assume that piece of content is worthy of extra attention. Before you know it, ...

A Twitter trend emerged late Monday in France, prompting outcries of unchecked anti-Semitism just days after French lawmakers passed sweeping online anti-discrimination legislation. The hashtag ...

The hashtag has been trending all day in the United States. A highlight of the diverse faces of people from the social media campaign #BlackOutDay. Twitter images clockwise from top left: ...

People are stuck inside thanks to shutdowns to stop the coronavirus — and they’re turning to social media to vent. Probably the most popular coronavirus-related hashtag on the internet right now, this ...

A hashtag linking a potential government shutdown to President Trump became the top trending topic on Twitter on Friday night. #TrumpShutdown, a hashtag used by Democrats ahead of Friday night’s ...

Twitter hashtags mocking the president were still trending today after Donald Trump appeared to suggest that criticism on the platform was "illegal." Analytics show hashtags including #TrumpleThinSkin ...

MADRID, Spain — On the same day that Pope Francis approved the beatification of 127 Catholics killed in Spain in hatred of the faith in the 20th century, a hashtag calling for Catholic priests to be ...

Update October 13, 2022: Twitter reached out to Digital Trends to clarify a few points about its current experiment with hashtags and had this to say: This is a temporary test visible to a small ...

Supporters of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump apparently create a misspelled hashtag to possibly avoid censorship by the social network. Terry writes about social networking giants and legal ...

There’s many features to social media platforms you probably exhaust. Hashtagging might not be your top priority but it should definitely be reconsidered. So why aren’t people utilizing hashtags?

The hashtag “TooFarLeft” trended on Twitter on Saturday morning, in part because of comments made Friday by former President Obama. Obama spoke at a fundraising meeting Friday evening and warned ...

What one word would you use to describe your life? Please make it funny or tragic. As far as reductive hashtags go, it’s hard to beat #MyLifeInOneWord. We’re not exactly sure of the provenance of the ...