‘Twitter philanthropy’ reveals chasms in US social safety net

Pulte has spearheaded ‘Twitter philanthropy’ – an approach to direct giving in which Pulte and others offer immediate financial support to people who reach out every day over social media. — AP

Single father Billy Price was already struggling to make ends meet before someone broke into his Michigan storage unit, stole his identity and ruined his credit.

Price filed a police report, and then tweeted about it to Bill Pulte, a multimillionaire who he’d heard uses Twitter to give money to those in need.