Digital Life

Club Penguin users gather in the town square to share thoughts.

March Of The Penguins: Kids Take Political Activism To Virtual World

2:32pm November 17, 2016

by Laura Roman

Club Penguin, an online world designed for kids, became the unexpected center of a political protest. While there were some messages supporting Donald Trump, most protested the election results.

How does Facebook decide when to take down controversial images and posts?

From Hate Speech To Fake News: The Content Crisis Facing Mark Zuckerberg

9:33am November 17, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The Facebook chief has an army of subcontractors making editorial judgments about millions of pieces of content — like a media company. But the rules they operate by are complex and contradictory.

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From Candidate To President-Elect, How Trump's Twitter Strategy Might Change

6:10pm November 16, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to BuzzFeed reporter Charlie Warzel about Donald Trump's use of Twitter and the social media site's new policies to combat harassment.

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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 4 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang.

World News

'Kim Fatty The Third' No More: China Reportedly Censors Mockery Of Kim Jong Un

3:12pm November 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The nickname making fun of North Korea's leader apparently has been wiped from China's major search engine and microblogging platform. The phrase "Kim Fat Fat Fat," however, was left untouched.

A man uses the dating app Tinder in New Delhi in 2015.

Tinder Now Lets Users Identify As Genders Other Than Male Or Female

4:58pm November 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The dating app will now allow users to type in the gender that they identify with. The company said the change is meant to make the app more inclusive to transgender or gender non-conforming people.

Abuse and offensive posts on Twitter increased during the acrimonious presidential campaign this year.

National

Twitter Adds New Ways To Mute And Report Abusive Posts

3:19pm November 15, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Twitter has long faced criticism for its inability to curb harassment and threatening posts. It's now expanding options to flag abuse or avoid seeing offensive posts.

Freedom House reviews restrictions to Internet access and how it's used around the world, weighing whether countries are free, partly free or not free in terms of Internet freedom.

Internet Freedom Wanes As Governments Target Messaging, Social Apps

11:55am November 14, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Apps like WhatsApp and Telegram are the latest to face crackdowns, a new report says. Two-thirds of Internet users live in countries that censor criticism of the government, military or rulers.

The Social Media Fallout Of Trump's Victory

5:13pm November 12, 2016

Doyin Richards, founder of Daddy Doin' Work, decided to unfriend Trump supporters on Facebook. He discusses his social media reaction and how to move forward after the election.

National

Startups Turn To Seniors For Product Feedback

8:42am November 12, 2016

by Ina Jaffe

Young entrepreneurs developing products for older adults have found a way to get instant feedback. They move into senior housing so residents can test their products on the spot.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook against criticism that it doesn't vet fake news in its News Feed.

Zuckerberg Denies Fake News On Facebook Had Impact On The Election

7:20pm November 11, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The Facebook CEO says the idea that fake news influenced the U.S. presidential election is "a pretty crazy idea." And he says it's a "very small volume" of the content on the site.