List of Social Media articles
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books_July2018 Books in Brief: The Latest Reads on the Financial Crisis, the Rwandan Genocide, and What It Means to Be a Nation
Also: Works on India’s rise, the history of U.S. trade politics, and social media’s role in modern conflicts.
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A mural in Dublin's city center by art group Subset calls to Repeal the 8th ahead May 25 ahead of the successful referendum to overturn the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution, which bans abortion. Brian Lawless/Press Association via AP How Ireland Beat Dark Ads
Shady tactics failed to pay off in a divisive abortion referendum.
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Apps for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social networks on a smartphone in the Indian capital New Delhi. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images) Tech Companies Are Ruining America’s Image
The United States has become identified with the global internet economy — for better and worse.
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A Palestinian woman takes a picture of a member of the Israeli security forces as he takes her picture in a street in Jerusalem on December 16, 2017. For Whom the Cell Trolls
A new book argues that modern wars will be won with phones and laptops rather than tanks.
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Ramzan Kadyrov waves to the crowd in the Arab Israeli town of Abu Ghosh, west of Jerusalem, in March 2014. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) Why is This Man Still on Twitter?
Banned by law from other US social media, Ramzan Kadyrov is still tweeting
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Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls, Matryoshka dolls, depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are seen on sale at a gift shop in central Moscow on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images) American Democracy Is an Easy Target
Americans have become paranoid about foreign cyberattacks on their political system, but they have nobody but themselves to blame.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about taxes at the St. Charles, Missouri, Convention Center on Nov. 29. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) This Is How Every Genocide Begins
Why Trump’s most un-American moment can’t be overlooked.
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Journalists at the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas on Oct. 13, 2015. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) It’s Time for the State Department to Stop Throwing Money at Facebook
We need to demand accountability from social media companies — and from U.S. diplomats.
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Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and then- U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on sale at a gift shop in central Moscow on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images) Russia Has Invented Social Media Blitzkrieg
And it’s time that America learns to defend itself.
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Employees of the state-owned English-language Russia Today (RT) television network are silhouetted against the backdrop as they wait for the arrival of Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the RT new studio complex in Moscow, on June 11, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ POOL/ YURI KOCHETKOV (Photo credit should read YURI KOCHETKOV/AFP/Getty Images) How a Russian Outlet Sought to Reach American Voters on Twitter
RT tried to take over politically charged accounts.
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A Facebook logo is pictured on a screen ahead of a press conference to announce the launch of it's latest product "Workplace", in central London on October 10, 2016. Social network giant Facebook launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication tools used by businesses worldwide. It is intended to compete with similar office communication products including Microsoft's Yammer, Salesforce's Chatter and Slack. / AFP / Justin TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) Facebook and Senate Panel Scuffle Over Russia Investigation
Even fake Russian accounts may have some legal protection.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ASAAD ABBOUD A Saudi man prepares to login into his Twitter account on his laptop on October 6, 2013 at his office in Riyadh. Despite sitting on the world's largest wealth of oil, Saudis complain their salaries are not enough to make ends meet, and have taken to Twitter demanding better income. AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images) Twitter Suspended Far Fewer Terrorist Accounts in First Half of 2017
The number is declining because policing efforts are improving, company says.
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Pakistani NGO activists hold placards during an event to celebrate the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai in Islamabad on October 14, 2014. New Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai wasted little time living up to the accolade last week, inviting the leaders of traditional foes India and Pakistan to accompany her and fellow winner Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights activist, to the award ceremony. But, just hours later, a fresh exchange of fire between troops in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir provided a stark reminder that the prospect of lasting peace remains as distant as ever. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Why Pakistan Hates Malala
The West reveres Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. Pakistanis resent and envy her.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images) Early Morning Trump Tweets Target Sessions
President Trump turns his tweets on Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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IMG_0416 Blocked by @realDonaldTrump? New Legal Challenge Could Help
Lawyers argue that it violates freedom of speech.
