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Anne W. Patterson, U.S. ambassador to Egypt, apologized to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi over a Twitter link to a joke by comedian Jon Stewart the president didn't appreciate. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner with Pope Francis in this Twitter photo posted on Kirchner's social media page.

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Jake McCalin (Twitter)

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Denard Span and his mother, Wanda Wilson, in a picture the Nationals outfielder posted to his Twitter account around Christmas.

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Associated Press In the shadow of the golden statues to be presented Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony will be rousing second-screen entertainment on Twitter. Humorist and author Andy Borowitz said, “Following the Oscars on Twitter is like watching the show with 100 million of your drunkest friends.”

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In the shadow of the golden statues to be presented Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony will be rousing second-screen entertainment on Twitter. Humorist and author Andy Borowitz said, “Following the Oscars on Twitter is like watching the show with 100 million of your drunkest friends.” (Associated Press)

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This frame grab taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows what appears to be Burger King's Twitter account after it was apparently hacked. Starting just after noon Eastern time that day, the fast-food company's Twitter picture was changed to a McDonald's logo, and the account tweeted that it had been sold to rival McDonald's. (Associated Press)

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President Obama gets ready to toss a football in this photo posted on his Twitter feed moments before the Super Bowl kickoff.

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 29, 2012, photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, right, speaks during a news conference at the Office of Emergency Management in Newark, N.J. Booker says he plans to honor a Twitter challenge and live on food stamps for at least a week. In a Twitter exchange Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, Booker and a user named TwitWit discussed government funding for school meals. Booker suggested they both try living on food stamps for a week or month. (Associated Press)

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D.C. police post a photo of the traffic jam from an overturned truck spilling diesel fuel on I-495 on the department's official Twitter feed. Photo from MPD.

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This photo released by Romney for President Press Secretary Andrea Saul via Twitter, firemen enter the plane carrying Anne Romney, wife of Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney, after the plane made an emergency landing Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Denver. (AP Photo/Romney for President)

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Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was removed from the Greek team by the Hellenic Olympic Committee after she posted a racist joke on Twitter. (Associated Press)