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Social Networking

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Teenagers

The Best of Reason: Why Are Teens Depressed? It's Not Social Media.

Maybe the problem for teens isn't screens, but what they are replacing.

Laura Vanderkam | 2.27.2024 6:00 PM

An illustration of a boy playing a saxophone contrasted with the same boy looking at a smartphone | Illustration: Olena T/Fiverr

Teenagers

Why Are Teens Depressed? It's Not Social Media.

Maybe the problem for teens isn't screens, but what they are replacing.

Laura Vanderkam | 2.11.2024 6:00 AM

Outlined figures of children stand against an orange glowing map | Lex Villena

Florida

Florida's Youth Social Media Ban Is an Affront to Freedom

Don't let a moral panic shut everything down.

Nathalie Voit | 1.30.2024 3:10 PM

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Midterm

Midterm Polling, PayPal, and Patellas

Plus: The editors consider Ye and social media, then field a question about the TARP bailouts during the 2008 fiscal crisis.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 10.17.2022 4:53 PM

featureculture | Johan_t/Fiverr

Coronavirus

Alone Together in the Pandemic

How we lost our social spaces and how we found them again

Peter Suderman | 6.6.2020 6:00 AM

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Civil Liberties

China Said to Be Creating "Social Credit" Scores to Rule Citizens' Lives

ACLU alarmed at idea that every bit of public info might feed into these high-tech "credit scores" that will define Chinese citizens' lives.

Brian Doherty | 10.6.2015 6:27 PM

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Civil Liberties

Encrypted Social Network 'Minds' Will Protect User Data From Government and Corporate Snoops

Minds excels where other popular social networks, particularly Facebook, fail: transparency and protecting user privacy.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.17.2015 2:20 PM

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Policy

Relatively Small Social Networks Responsible for Large Portion of Shootings in Chicago, New York City, According to Study, Police

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2014 1:05 PM

Politics

Politicians on Grindr! And Another Taboo Crumbles

Zenon Evans | 3.11.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Joe Trippi: There Will be a Libertarian President. And Sooner Than You Think.

Todd Krainin | 2.18.2014 10:03 PM

Policy

NSA Used Metadata to Analyze American Citizens' Social Networks

Information from the latest Snowden leak

Reason Staff | 9.28.2013 1:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Texas Teen Has Been in Jail for Months Over Bad-Taste Facebook Joke Taken for "Threat"

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2013 12:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Wired Editor: Concept of Privacy a "20th Century Idea"

Little older than that, and still relevant

Reason Staff | 4.10.2013 8:28 AM

Science & Technology

Researchers: Social Networking Can Be More Addictive Than Nicotine, Alcohol

What about heroin?

Reason Staff | 2.20.2013 1:08 PM

Culture

Burger King Twitter Account Hacked

Apparently by a McDonald's fan

Reason Staff | 2.19.2013 8:12 AM

Politics

The Problem with E-Verify: ACLU's Chris Calabrese on Immigration Reform

Todd Krainin | 2.12.2013 3:00 PM

Politics

Path Social Networking App Reaches Settlement With FTC

Over privacy breaches

Reason Staff | 2.1.2013 11:16 AM

Civil Liberties

Obama Signs Netflix-Backed Legislation Into Law

Video rental services can now get customer consent to share their viewing choices

Reason Staff | 1.11.2013 11:16 AM

Culture

Instagram Cuts Ties with Twitter, Kills Pics

No more pictures of sunsets, dogs, lunch

Reason Staff | 12.5.2012 4:30 PM

Science & Technology

LinkedIn Rolls Out Redesigns

Will also allow users to follow selected "thought leaders."

Reason Staff | 10.16.2012 6:45 PM

Policy

Gov. Brown Signs Bills Blocking Colleges, Employers from Seeking Social Media Passwords

Announces it through social media channels

Reason Staff | 9.27.2012 3:37 PM

Culture

Panic near Mexico City over False Tweets Reporting Violence

Rumors of a violent caravan traveling the city spread through social networks

Reason Staff | 9.8.2012 6:33 PM

Science & Technology

Kickstarter Addresses Refunds for Failed Ventures

The responsibility for refunds falls on project creators

Reason Staff | 9.4.2012 10:40 PM

Culture

FSU Professor Introduces Klout-Based Grading

Justin Bieber to sign up for classes, ASAP

Reason Staff | 8.29.2012 5:40 PM

Science & Technology

Facebook to Hit 1 Billion Users Soon

All of whom will be complaining about how awful Facebook is.

Reason Staff | 8.24.2012 6:45 PM

Science & Technology

Chinese Company Experiments with "Social Credit Card"

By linking card with online identity, consumers get deals based on social activity.

Reason Staff | 8.16.2012 7:00 PM

Culture

Photobucket Privacy Breach Leads to Racy Photos Going Public

Oops

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 2:00 PM

Policy

Take the Grammartarian Grammar Test at WSJ

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.24.2012 2:51 PM

Policy

FCC Worries That Poor People Are Enjoying Their Electronics Too Much

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 3:40 PM

Politics

The Department of Homeland Security's Guide to Forwarding News Stories, Searching Tweets

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 10:56 AM

Politics

The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring

History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.

Greg Beato | 5.24.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Is Jason Russell's Hysterical Naked Madness Good for Kony?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.16.2012 9:50 PM

Politics

Newt Weeps; Samoa Leaps; Hollywood Burns, and More: P.M. Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.30.2011 4:20 PM

Politics

Federal Government Wants to Bully School Bullies, And Demands School Help

Brian Doherty | 3.17.2011 4:22 PM

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