social media

Arts

Turns Out, Fighting Fat Shaming And Racist Trolls Is Also A Ghostbuster's Job

2:00pm July 22, 2016

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones quit Twitter this week after getting her fill of racist and sexist trolls. But, as the saying goes, every goodbye is not gone.

The Waterstone's on Oxford Street in London — now closed — used to crack jokes on Twitter (thanks to Jonathan O'Brien).

Bookstore's Tweet Leads To Love, Then Marriage

8:29pm July 19, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In 2012, the corporate Twitter account for a bookstore in London posted a joke about Pokemon. "I'm in love," a woman responded. More tweets followed, then a date. The wedding was last weekend.

Friends and family carry Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch's body at her funeral.

'Honor Killings' Are A Global Problem — And Often Invisible

5:50pm July 19, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

The murder of the social media star Qandeel Baloch is not just a Pakistani problem. So-called "honor killings" happen all over the world. Activists are trying to stop them.

Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch arrives for a press conference last month in Lahore, Pakistan.

World News

Pakistani Social Media Star Strangled In Apparent 'Honor' Killing

4:00pm July 16, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Qandeel Baloch, one of Pakistan's most provocative personalities, who's known for controversial social media posts, has been killed. Police say her brother strangled her and is now on the run.

Social Media Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unchecked

10:30am July 14, 2016

Iowa health officials recently discovered it wasn't against state law for a nursing home worker to share a photo on Snapchat of a resident covered in feces. They are trying to change that.

Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh is standing by a tweet he sent after the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas in which he warned President Obama to

National

Public Figures Struggle With Social Media Boundaries After Dallas Shooting

5:30pm July 13, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Politicians, police officers, and media personalities have all gotten blow-back for inflammatory social media posts about the shooting of officers in Dallas.

When she was 18, British actress Louise Linton spent her gap year in Zambia. It's the subject of a controversial new memoir, In Congo's Shadow.

#LintonLies: How Zambians Are Using Social Media To Talk Back

6:36pm July 06, 2016

by Tobias Denskus

Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.

Politics & Government

Trump Tweets: A History Of Gaffes From Wife Comparisons To The 6-Point Star

8:32pm July 05, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

Trump's "sheriff star" tweet marks another unforced error for the campaign, in what's become an almost constant stream of gaffes and blunders.

Supporters of the 'Stronger In' Campaign watch the results of the EU referendum being announced at a results party at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Friday.

World News

Shock, Rage And Gallows Humor: A Brexit Backlash On Social Media

2:24pm June 24, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Young voters had overwhelmingly voted to remain in the European Union. Now there's a flood of anger from those who accuse older generations of choosing a future they don't want.

What role does social media take on, when a shooter checks Facebook during the attack?

National

In An Age Of Online Sharing, Of Course The Monsters Do It Too

10:40am June 18, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

It seems "startlingly banal," but killers' social media use during mass shootings has become the norm for the attacks. It's another sign of how intrinsic the sites are to affirming our identities.