Here’s the Perfect Thing to Say When Someone Is Rude
Source: Time By DANNY WALLACE Danny Wallace is the author of F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness—and What We Can Do About It. Recently, the British IVF pioneer Lord Robert […]
Boston police’s social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, ACLU says
Source: Boston Globe By Alanna Durkin Richer ASSOCIATED PRESS FEBRUARY 07, 2018 BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up […]
Sources Shared on Twitter: A Case Study on Immigration
Source: Pew Research Center An analysis of 9.7 million tweets reveals that news organizations played the largest role in which content was linked to compared with other information providers BY GALEN […]
There’s a large gender gap in congressional Facebook posts about sexual misconduct
Source: Pew Research Center BY ONYI LAM, ADAM HUGHES AND PATRICK VAN KESSEL As disclosures about sexual misconduct emerged last year, 44% of all members of Congress raised the issue on their official Facebook […]
Facebook to use surveys to boost ‘trustworthy’ news
Source; BBC News BY Dave Lee North America technology reporter Facebook has announced it will prioritise news sources deemed to be more trustworthy on its News Feed. The firm said the social […]
Indonesia hard-line Muslims protest ban on Facebook accounts
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KAMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslim hard-liners marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday to protest Facebook’s blocking of accounts belonging to their group. About 200 […]
Hard-line cleric says social media fed Iran protests, unrest
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A hard-line cleric leading Friday prayers in Iran’s capital called on the Islamic Republic to build its own […]
Is Germany’s new hate speech law killing press freedom?
Source: CNN by Ivana Kottasová Germany’s tough new social media law was meant to rid Twitter and Facebook of hateful and illegal content. But critics say that at just 96 […]
Iran protests: Telegram and Instagram restricted
Source: BBC News Iran has moved to restrict social media networks that have been used to organise three days of anti-establishment protests. The restrictions on messaging app Telegram and photo […]
Obama warns against irresponsible social media use
Source: BBC News Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January. He warned that such […]
Barack Obama Warns Against the Divisive Nature of Social Media in Interview with Prince Harry
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER Former President Barack Obama has warned against some of the perils of social media — in particular, its potential to create social divisions and spread misinformation […]
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders
Source: BBC News Twitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech. Paul Golding, Britain First’s leader, and […]
German law takes initiative in countering hate speech on social media
Source: Religion New Service By Tom Heneghan | December 8, 2017 PARIS (RNS) The internet has been called “the world’s biggest sewer,” where hate speech and fake news are polluting a global source […]
I’m an atheist, but I had to walk away from the toxic side of online atheism
Source: The Washington Post By Chris Stedman Chris Stedman on “The O’Reilly Factor.” (YouTube) When I was invited to discuss atheism on “The O’Reilly Factor” four years ago, I initially wanted […]
Justin Trudeau Tried To Honor Diwali. Instead He Offended Twitter.
Source: Huffington Post By Doha Madani Justin Trudeau might be admired around the world, but that doesn’t make him immune to mistakes. People are upset with the Canadian prime minister […]
A conversation is unfolding about women’s voices in Christianity
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY KATHERINE BURGESS The Rev. Tish Harrison Warren struck a nerve in April when she wrote a blog post titled “Who’s In Charge of the Christian Blogosphere?” for evangelical […]
Danish minister republishes controversial Prophet cartoon on Facebook
Source: Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s immigration minister on Tuesday posted a screenshot of her iPad showing a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad on Facebook, one of the satirical cartoons […]
A Look Inside the Hate-Filled Twitter Accounts That President Trump Retweeted
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Sep 17, 2017 President Donald Trump retweeted posts from two Twitter accounts Sunday — both of which have histories of hate-filled posts including anti-Muslim sentiments. […]
How posting on Facebook could send you to jail
Source: BBC News BY Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent Is your last post on Facebook going to land you in jail? It might do if it ruins a criminal trial. And […]
J.K. Rowling just destroyed a man’s ridiculous Islamophobic comment
Posted by Greg Evans in news Picture: GETTY IMAGES, EDITED BY INDY100 J.K Rowling is the undisputed queen of Twitter. When she isn’t replying to Donald Trump or Theresa May, she […]