First published in July 2012, Twitter has unveiled the latest edition of its bi-annual Transparency Report, which takes a closer look at requests that Twitter has received for account information, government requests for content removal and copyright notices, including any action Twitter has taken.

In the new instalment, Twitter notes that the U.S. remains far and away its biggest requester of information, and reveals that, in the past six months, they have increased the countries in which they are withholding content from two to seven. Additionally, they have un-withheld content for the first time over that same period.

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In response to Panera Bread’s “EZ Chicken” Twitter campaign, which it was using to promote its antibiotic-free chicken, up-in-arms farmers have launched a Twitter counter-campaign using the hashtag #PluckEZChicken.

Here’s what’s going on.

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What price a Twitter IPO? And when?

That’s the question I first asked back in May 2011 – a veritable lifetime ago in the fast-paced world of internet business – and, since then, Twitter has done pretty much everything it can to not spill the beans on if and, indeed, when the company will go public.

LinkedIn did it. Facebook did it. But Twitter? They ain’t doing it anytime soon (despite some early tells).

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After feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez was subjected to a sustained barrage of threatening tweets over the past three days, Twitter is facing calls to take faster, and stronger, action against online abuse.

Here are the details of what’s been happening.

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AddShoppers, a leading social commerce platform for retailers, has expanded its offerings with Social Shopper Login, a new tool designed to bridge the gap between social login and ecommerce login.

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Twitter issued a mea culpa yesterday for a slip-up that many didn’t realize had even happened.

In a blog post announcing the general availability of its Twitter TV Ad Targeting service, Twitter adopted three real Twitter users’ handles and attributed fake tweets to each of them. Needless to say, the users were not pleased.

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The Guardian reported yesterday, in an exclusive from Twitter, that the social network will be introducing a tagging system to prevent child porn images being posted.

Unfortunately, the current Twitter ecosystem sees millions of child abuse pictures posted among the millions of tweets sent every day.

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Over the weekend, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone made news for something other than his mystery startup Jelly.

Biz wrote a post on Medium expounding an idea for Facebook that could net his one-time competitor $1 billion/month in revenue.

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Need a little weekend reading?

We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a complete guide to hashtag etiquette, a look at the top 20 most popular brands on Twitter, how to use social media to generate leads, the small business guide to social media mastery and SMS marketing facts and figures.

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Here’s all the proof you need that we are officially entrenched in the digital age: Pope Francis will be giving out plenary indulgences, which grant pardon from punishment due to absolved sins, to his followers on Twitter in time for the World Youth Festival, July 23-38 in Rio de Janeiro.

Catholics must generally attend limited services at the Vatican held by the Pope to receive such indulgences. Thanks to Twitter, a holy blessing is just one 140-character message away.

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