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The Tokyo District Court sentences serial killer Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter killer", to death, for murdering nine people at his apartment in 2017 and dismembering their bodies. Shiraishi, who was found mentally competent, pled guilty and told the court his crimes had a sexual motive.
2020-12-15

"#ThisFlag" protest leader Pastor Evan Mawarire says the movement, which uses WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter, will hold a two-day strike next week if demands, that include sacking corrupt ministers, payment of delayed salaries, lifting of roadblocks that residents say are used by police to extract bribes, etc., are not met. A drought has aggravated the country's situation as have banks that have a daily withdrawal ceiling as low as $50.
2016-07-8

Turkey restricts access to Twitter hours after the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to "root out" the social network where politically sensitive documents had been published.
2014-03-21

The United States Department of Justice defends its probing of WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts and dismisses as "absurd" any privacy and freedom of speech concerns.
2011-04-8

John Gormley, leader of the ruling coalition's Green Party and former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, is eliminated in the Dublin South–East constituency.
2011-02-26

Irish Minister for Justice and Law Reform Dermot Ahern announces he is not to contest his seat in Dáil Éireann at the next general election (due in 2011) as he has "a painful medical condition necessitating heavy medication".
2010-11-30

A Chinese woman is sentenced to a year in a labour camp after she posted on Twitter, on charges of "disrupting social order".
2010-11-18

One day after the failure of his appeal, Twitterers combine to support Paul Chambers, a Briton convicted and fined for a threatening Twitter message.
2010-11-12

A British Conservative Party councillor is questioned by police and suspended by his party after posting a comment on Twitter calling for the Asian journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to be stoned to death. She had earlier spoken on radio concerning the issue of human rights in China.
2010-11-11