Twitter is cracking down on stolen jokes

Joke thieves beware: Twitter seems to be cracking down on plagiarism. In a freewheeling universe home to millions of spambots, fake celebrities and trolls, it's no surprise that many Twitter accounts habitually crib popular 140-character quips to rack up followers. But Twitter now seems to be using copyright rules to police this comedic fraud See also: Twitter says sorry for frat-themed party thrown at its headquarters The social network is erasing and hiding a number of tweets reported as stole...