Earlier this week, Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Coffey described the black graffiti spray-painted in a parking lot near the Highlander Research and Education Center as a "hashtag symbol ...

NEW INFORMATION: Read about the meaning of the white power symbol found at the scene, including its use on one of the Christchurch shooter's guns, in our latest story. Graffiti associated with ...

Authorities had not mentioned the graffiti publicly ... One gun had the hashtag-looking Iron Guard symbol prominently displayed. The shooter also posted photos of the guns to Twitter before ...

It’s gone by many names, (the pound sign, the number sign, the octothorpe and the hashtag symbol) and it’s had many meanings, but what is the origin of this # mysterious symbol? Well the truth ...

When affixed to a word or phrase, the symbol would serve as a clickable tag. Eventually Twitter (TWTR) came around. That was in 2007. Today, the hashtag has far more reach than just as a ...

Today, Twitter is celebrating the 10th birthday of the iconic symbol with #Hashtag10. Let that sink in: The hashtag is 10 years old, which means there is an entire generation of children who will ...

Ten years ago today an icon of the social media age was born: the hashtag. The small character, which started life as an organisational tool, has become part of common parlance in the past decade.