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Not only are you a criminal, you're bragging about it on Facebook
Are you a criminal? You probably don't think of yourself as one, but Amnesty International has an exciting new website that's here to tell you otherwise. Trial by Timeline is a dynamic, animated site...
View Article11 things you can learn to do in 6 seconds or less
The easiest way to learn how to do something is often by seeing how it's done. But what can you really teach someone in just six seconds? Plenty.Vine, the rising video-sharing network, is full of...
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Tyler, the Creator doesn't appreciate being banned from Instagram
Rapper Tyler, the Creator delivered this fantastic Twitter rant after claiming he was temporarily banned from Instagram Tuesday. As you might expect, he didn't hold back, lashing out at Instagram, his...
View ArticleKids are looking at porn before they can tie their shoes
Children grow up too fast these days—and we can probably blame the Internet for it. That's the takeaway from a new study conducted by Romanian-based antivirus merchant Bitdefender, which surveyed...
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6 feminists took over a misogynist Facebook page from the inside
“This is the story of a feminist takeover,” wrote the author of Feminist at Sea, a Wordpress blog. A group of six feminists got hold of a notoriously misogynistic Facebook page called Bra Busters and...
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What it's like to be black and on Reddit
Want to read Reddit but don’t have the time? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the social news site—every morning.Katy Cipriano, a former...
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The heartbreaking saga of Zhu Ling
In a grainy, black-and-white video of her final performance, Zhu Ling sweeps across the stage in a black skirt and white blouse before taking a seat behind a guqin, the six-stringed Chinese zither....
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American Apparel's sexism left this Swedish man no choice but to get naked
Swedish bloggers are learning something Americans have known for quite some time: American Apparel ads are sexist and objectify women. On Tuesday, 24-year-old Emelie Eriksson wrote a piece on her blog...
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Infinity reasons not to download Chris Brown's new app
Team Breezy must be on cloud nine right now. Chris Brown has a new smartphone app that is all about him, all the time, forever and ever. The app's billed as a way to keep up with the singer 24/7,...
View ArticleTeen developer codes her way to a Twitter internship
Jennie Lamere's anti-spoiler Twitter app just won her a pretty sweet summer internship. Lamere hit headlines earlier this month after she created Twivo, which blocks out certain keywords to protect...
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Meet the people who applied for a one-way trip to Mars
In the classic Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer," viewers get an inside glimpse of NASA that's, well, a little cartoonish. To justify a plot that puts buffoonish Simpson patriarch Homer in space,...
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Why Anonymous provocateur Barrett Brown matters
Barrett Brown is, per the classical definition, a tragic figure. The Anonymous associate is in jail, where he’s likely to remain for the foreseeable future, serving as a touchstone—a spokesman less...
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"LinkedIn doesn't care if we're assaulted": Sex workers speak out
Professional dominatrixes, VIP escort services, and independent workers alike are speaking out against LinkedIn for perpetuating the stigma that their work is not legitimate. The job-networking site...
View ArticleHow do you talk to your 6-year-old about porn?
Kids are viewing porn as young as 6, and head teachers in the U.K. say they've got to learn about the dangers of online smut as soon as they start using the Internet. So how do you talk to your...
View Article167,000 Tumblr users sign petition to stop Yahoo deal
More than 167,000 people have signed a digital petition calling for Tumblr to back out of its $1.1 billion deal with Yahoo. The bare-bones petition, which doesn't have an official sponsor or...
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This Facebook page is not stealing all your baby photos
We've seen a lot of bizarre rumors and hoaxes spread across Facebook, but this is surely one of the most embarrassing for all involved. The administrators of a sleazy Facebook page are not stealing...
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Tumblr gets trolled by fake Yahoo staff blogs
Brace yourself, Tumblr: the reign of terror has begun. The reign of terrible troll blogs, gullible Tumblr users falling for them, and Tumblr banning them for impersonating Yahoo staffers, that is....
View ArticleWhy is Tumblr censored in Yemen?
You can't view Tumblr in Yemen. Netsweeper, the country's Canada-based Internet filtering service, thinks the whole site is porn. To be fair, the majority of Tumblr blogs—more than four out of...
View ArticleInternet defends teen girl targeted over same-sex relationship
The hacktivist group Anonymous has gotten into the act again, not of punishing corporations, but of rallying to the support of someone they — and many others beside — feel has been wronged. In this...
View ArticleBeloved YouTube songwriter Zach Sobiech dies of cancer
It is with a heavy heart that we relay the news that Zach Sobiech, the Minnesota teenager whose acoustic guitar song "Clouds" went wild on YouTube last year, died of cancer Monday morning. He was 18...
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