Schools Banning Phone App Yik Yak for Promoting Hate Speech
That this is largely a symbolic gesture hasn't stopped students from advocating for the bans.
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SAVE Act Would Hold Websites Criminally Liable for User-Generated Content
Lawmakers target classified ad sites
Brooklyn Teen Arrested for Threatening Use of Emoji
NYPD: "You make a threat on the internet, we're going to be watching."
Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year
Governments are expanding online controls "rapidly" and adopting new laws that effectively criminalize online dissent.
French Town Bans Clown Costumes Amid Nationwide 'Aggressive Clown' Terror
SPOILER ALERT: This story also involves Clown Hunters
The Government's "Truthy" Squad Monitors Political Speech on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The reference to Stephen Colbert is cute, but the feds' unbridled passion to monitor our communications is surely no joke.
Gay Egyptians Worry the Government Has Been Using a Hookup App to Track Them
Grindr: tool of the state?
How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers
Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.
Facebook Promises Changes to 'Real Name' Policy
Had been focus of anger from drag queens and transgender people
'Watching the Game' Has Found a Completely Different Meaning Online
A massive, worldwide audience has developed to watch people play video games, and it's worth billions.
3 Ridiculous Ways the FDA Is Policing Social Media
In the FDA's world, Facebook likes are advertising and honey is a "new drug" that must be regulated.
Amazon Is NOT the 'Putin' of Books!
The online powerhouse is being compared to thugs because it wants you to pay less for ebooks.
WTF FBI? Agency Has Huge List of Twitter Slang (and Some of It's Fake)
Here's nine of the weirdest. ALOTBSOL, AMIRITE?
Supreme Court Rules on Political Speech, Straw Gun Purchases, and Prepares for New Cases
Close decision approves of regulations over third-party gun buys
Elliot Rodger's 'War on Women' and Toxic Gender Warfare
The Santa Barbara killer wasn't just a misogynist; he was a malignant narcissist.
Tech Companies Increasingly Refusing to Keep Government Searches Secret
Big firms join Twitter in letting customers know about subpoenas
Twitter's Take on #MyNYPD Not Exactly What NYPD Hoped for
On Tuesday, @NYPDnews asked people on Twitter to post photos of themselves with politce officers, using the hashtag #MyNYPD. You can probably imagine how this went ....
