Woman on Berlin train outs harassers on Twitter
As four men reportedly sexually harassed a woman on a Berlin train, one charging her with his pants down and another threatening to put out a lit cigarette on her genitals, the victim documented the...
View ArticleWhy did it take Instagram so long to shut down these pedophile pages?
When a Melbourne woman found pictures of her 18-month-old on creepy Instagram pages filled with children's photos and sexualized comments, she was "confused," then horrified. The photos of her...
View ArticleVietnamese blogger's site becomes weaponized after his arrest
There has been much made in the past couple of years of the death of the Internet and with it the blog. Like many such “futurist” pronouncements, it is based on a very narrow cross-section of the...
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Every Wikipedia flame war in 1 impressive map
The next time you're bored and find yourself falling deeper and deeper down a Wikipedia rabbit hole, here's a tip to get a little extra entertainment out of the world's largest online encyclopedia....
View ArticleWebmaster in Djibouti arrested for uploading police photos to Facebook
Two weeks ago, the webmaster of a news website in Djibouti was arrested for posting photos on his Facebook page of police brutality at an opposition rally. Maydaneh Abdallah Okieh, who works for La...
View ArticleStudent suspended for starting hashtag that mocked school board
No talking in class, no chewing gum, and most importantly: no starting hashtags that poke fun at your school board's failings. Pat Brown, a senior at Cicero–North Syracuse High School, was reportedly...
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What is the English Defence League, and why is Anonymous after it?
The English Defence League is a far-right, underclass, whiter-than-cave-dwelling-mayonnaise-on-mashed-potatoes supremacist group and a registered political party powerful political force in the U.K....
View ArticleNBA star scores date with beauty queen via Twitter
Picture the scene: You're an NBA player. Your season is over. You're single. What else would you do but try to land a date with your state's beauty queen? That's exactly what Memphis Grizzlies small...
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Facebook campaign calls out Saudi Arabia's culture of domestic abuse
A campaign against domestic violence has taken off in Saudi Arabia.Libra Productions, a music management agency and audio production company, has shared a number of photos on Facebook and Twitter over...
View ArticleHow Reddit's atheists lost faith in their former top moderator
Subscribers to r/atheism rally around the idea that God does not exist and should thus be removed from people's lives. So, when the default subreddit's top mod himself appeared to no longer be in...
View ArticleSir Patrick Stewart to domestic abuse victim: "You're safe now"
Years after sitting in the captain's chair, Sir Patrick Stewart still has the ability to lead and inspire.The Star Trek: Next Generation star was the guest of honor at Houston's Comicpalooza, and he...
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How a 4chan raid ruined Samuel L. Jackson's Reddit debut
Actor Samuel L. Jackson's first experience on Reddit is one he'll never forget. And he has the notorious trolls of 4chan's /b/ to thank for that. It all started on Wednesday when the 64-year-old Pulp...
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Here’s what every geotagged tweet looks like on the world map
We get it, Twitter. You see a lot of activity. Hundreds of millions of tweets per day, we're told. Those tweets have to come from somewhere, though, and many of them are geotagged with specific...
View ArticleApple pulls "gay cure" app from the App Store
Are you gay but want to "be cured?" There's an app for that.Setting Captives Free, a non-denominational ministry led by Mike Cleveland that helps individuals "find freedom from habitual sins and learn...
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Ignored in local media, Turkish protesters turn to Facebook, Twitter
As thousands of protesters battled tear gas–wielding police for the sixth straight day in Turkey, CNN’s state-owned Turkish affiliate, CNN-Turk, aired a documentary about penguins in which 50...
View ArticleIsraeli military disciplines female soldiers who put racy photos on Facebook
Several Israeli soldiers have found themselves in trouble after posing photos of themselves in their underwear and combat equipment to Facebook. The women were apparently new recruits at a base in the...
View ArticleAre huge Web companies buying their way out of net neutrality?
For those of you who believe in net neutrality, the practice of insulating the Internet against the influence of private corporations and making certain a user’s connection speed isn’t dependent on...
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Burger King employee reclines in throne of hamburger buns
If you can't handle the heat, don't take a nap on a pile of food. One Burger King employee in Japan seemed a little fed up with the glut of orders he had to speed through on a busy weekday."How many...
View ArticleScientists show that "liking" is contagious
According to researchers, “liking” something on Facebook or another social network encourages others to follow your example—and may even trigger an avalanche of approval. In a report for the journal...
View ArticleWatch Facebook killer Derek Medina turn himself in to police
Miami police have released new footage of Derek Medina, the "Facebook killer" who allegedly murdered his wife before posting a confession and photo of her body to the site. Medina, 31, left a long...
View ArticleTailor and writer butt heads in war of bad reviews
In the future, we’ll be able to rate people directly, attaching insults and negative feedback to, say, an offending individual’s Facebook page. For now, though, we’re stuck attacking each other via...
View ArticleFacebook's oldest woman stunned by anonymous stranger's act of kindness
Santa Barbara’s Edythe Kirchmaier, who at the age of 105 is California’s oldest driver, volunteers for the non-profit organization Direct Relief, devoted to bettering the lives of those affected by...
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China can't decide if these rats in a tree are hilarious or sad
In China, the Shuangliu police department, from Chengdu in Sichuan Province, have hit it big on social network Weibo. When they’re not helping small children cross the street, they’re declaring their...
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How one New Jersey principal treated snowed-in students to storytime
As record-breaking winter freezes put schools across America on ice, teachers and administrative staff are having to get creative with ways to keep students engaged outside the classroom. Yesterday,...
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What Twitter looked like when John Brooks scored in the World Cup
Anybody who turned to Twitter after John Brooks’s 86th-minute goal against Ghana yesterday found out quite quickly that Americans absolutely love tweeting about sports when their teams are busy being...
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