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A Saudi woman has been arrested for defying the kingdom's strict dress code by walking around in a miniskirt and crop top in a video that sparked public outrage.

Turkish-Armenian linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who was jailed in 2014 over charges of illegal construction in the town of Şirince in the Aegean province of İzmir, announced in a Twitter post on July 14 that he had escaped from prison.

"The bird has flown away. The same wishes to the remaining 80 million," read the message on Nişanyan's Twitter page.

Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute is suing Donald Trump for blocking people on Twitter, claiming that it violates free speech protections. The institute filed suit today on behalf of seven Twitter users who were blocked by the president, which prevents them from seeing or replying to his tweets.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday tweeted his thanks to staff at the capital's Eugenideio hospital following a successful hernia operation.

"Special thanks to the doctors and nursing staff who, despite the difficulties they face, remain on the front line of duty," Tsipras wrote on his Twitter account.

President Trump shared a video Sunday on Twitter of himself slamming WWE President Vince McMahon to the ground and punching him, with the CNN logo superimposed over McMahon’s head, escalating his recent attacks aimed at the news media.

A new study by Cardiff University has determined that Twitter can be used to identify dangerous situations up to an hour faster than police reports.

The hackers also left a message regarding the Hagia Sofia incident.

The Turksih hacking team Aslan NeferTim wrote “The duty is ours to answer to the Greek reaction to the prayer in Hagia Sofia. Tsipras do not be surprised, do not make us lose our patience“.

Katy Perry just became the first person to land more than 100 million followers on Twitter.
Perry, who joined the social media network in 2009, officially earned the distinction this morning (June 16), as Twitter, itself, observed “Congratulations @katyperry, the first to reach 100 million followers! #LoveKaty.”

An Istanbul court on June 14 set Oğuz Güven, the chief online editor of daily Cumhuriyet, free, a month after his arrest on charges of "engaging in terror organization propaganda."

Several MPs from the ruling Serbian Progressive Party have excused the attacks on journalists that took place on May 31, when Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in - as the EU again warns Serbia about its treatment of journalists.