May 27 Iranian court summons Facebook CEO over privacy allegations By Diane Jeanty A southern Iranian court has summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after opening a case over complaints of privacy violations regarding social media applications WhatsApp and Instagram. Continue reading
May 07 Adventurers arrive in the U.S. after 100-day journey across the Atlantic By Lorna Baldwin A South African duo have become the first people to row from Africa to the U.S. across the Atlantic Ocean, all without a support team. Riaan Manser, a professional adventurer, and his partner Vasti Geldenhuys arrived in Miami, Florida, around… Continue reading
Apr 23 Your photos of places that have gone ‘extinct’ By Colleen Shalby We want you to tell us about the spaces in your life that have, more or less, gone extinct. Continue reading
Apr 18 University president to grads: no selfies while receiving your diploma By Margaret Myers An effective selfie should capture a unique, once in a lifetime moment. Like winning an Oscar or meeting the president. But students graduating from Rhode Island's Bryant University can nix “receiving your college diploma” from their selfie bucket list. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 7:28 Why was USAID involved in creating a Twitter-style platform in Cuba? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 26 Pew examines news industries in latest State of News Media report By Colleen Shalby Pew Research Center’s 11th State of the News Media report, released Wednesday, looks at these changes and examines consumer, ownership, investment and technology trends of the various news industries over the past year. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Turkish and Chinese Social media users bypass crackdowns By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan explores the methods social media users utilize to circumvent attempts to stifle online free speech. He talks with a 16-year-old in Istanbul who is dealing with Turkey’s official ban on Twitter using a VPN, or virtual private network. Continue watching
Mar 22 Circumventing the Turkish Twitter crackdown By Hari Sreenivasan After the government in Turkey attempted to ban Twitter on Friday, social media savvy youth in the country almost immediately found ways around the block. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch Using social media to scour the ‘haystack’: More than 3 million join search for Flight 370 from home By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Revolutionaries around the world add new social media networks to tech toolkit By PBS News Hour Continue watching