Twitter tweaks video again, adding view counts for some users

Like Facebook, Twitter is obsessed with video, and it's not done tweaking how it delivers those little motion picture clips to your timeline.

As spotted by BuzzFeed's Dorsey Shaw, some people are now seeing video view counts in their feed next to the usual timer.

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A Twitter spokesperson in Australia confirmed the test to Mashable. "As video consumption continues to increase on Twitter, we are constantly experimenting with ways to provide a rich video experience," he said in an email. "View counts provide helpful context on the popularity of a video, and we are exploring this feature to help surface the best content." Read more...

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Canada comes for Fox News over its false Quebec mosque tweet

Fox News has been scolded by the Canadian government after it told more than 13 million Twitter followers the deadly mosque attack in Quebec Monday had been committed by a person "of Moroccan origin."

On Tuesday, Kate Purchase, director of communications for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, told Twitter she'd emailed Fox over the "false and misleading" tweet, sharing screenshots of the message to the news organisation.

While some early media reports mistakenly claimed the suspect was of Moroccan background and that there were two gunman, most have since corrected the record. As of Tuesday evening, Fox News' tweet is still online. Read more...

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Trump to turn Supreme Court nomination into 'The Bachelor' on Facebook Live

You know how watching a reality show can sometimes make it feel like your liquifying brain is dribbling out of your earholes, but you just can't turn off the TV? 

That feeling is slowly becoming all-encompassing as the governing of the United States morphs into the most-watched reality show of all-time. You can catch the latest episode on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET as celebrity President Donald Trump selects a Supreme Court nominee. The announcement will be streamed on Facebook Live as the two nominees wait in the White House, according to CBS.

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A letter to Trump with millions of signatures is updating live

The world has a message for Donald Trump. 

Social activist site Avaaz posted an open letter to the U.S. president calling out his Muslim ban and other immigration policies. More than 4.5 million people from countries all over the world had signed the letter as of Tuesday afternoon. The goal is to reach 5 million.

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Signatures are coming in live from Egypt, Spain, South Africa, Brazil, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and beyond. A tracker is making it easy to see the online signatures as they come in from all over. Read more...

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 31, 2017

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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