Dec 19 5 important stories buried by last week’s news By Jessica Yarvin, Erica R. Hendry These days, it’s hard to stop news from Washington, D.C., from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 7:57 When limiting access to violent extremist videos could be erasing evidence By PBS News Hour Aiming to remove violent and extremist content from its website, YouTube took down hundreds of videos from the Syrian war. But researchers and advocates have pushed back, claiming the company removed potential evidence of human rights violations. Former U.S. Ambassador… Continue watching
May 16 After compulsively watching YouTube, teenage girl lands in rehab for ‘digital addiction’ By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science Digital addictions are not official mental disorders. But researchers see the same patterns in digital addictions as in other substance abuse. Continue reading
Dec 03 ‘Sad Asian Girls’ collective takes on stereotypes of Asian women By Rebecca Oh “Sad Asian Girls” is a team of two Rhode Island School of Design students who wanted to carve out an inclusive space online for Asian femmes. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 5:41 What Israelis and Palestinians really think about the conflict By PBS News Hour Corey Gil-Shuster covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a new way. He asks the world what it wants to know from and about Israelis and Palestinians, goes to the streets of Israel and the West Bank to get the answers and… Continue watching
Jul 28 Man arrested for YouTube videos threatening Baton Rouge police, David Duke By Associated Press Louisiana State Police say a Baton Rouge man was jailed for posting online videos threatening violence against Baton Rouge police and a former Ku Klux Klan leader who is running for the Senate. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 3:09 Music duo Pomplamoose take Do-It-Yourself to the next level By PBS News Hour Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, who make up the musical duo Pomplamoose, explain in this Brief But Spectacular take how they harness their fans' internet curiosity with their covers of Beyonce hits and behind-the-scenes videos. Continue watching
Nov 05 NewsHour fans take the #BobRossChallenge and the results are priceless By Laura Santhanam Two decades after his death, Bob Ross is still inspiring people to paint happy trees. Continue reading
Jul 22 From the Hindenburg to Marilyn Monroe, 10 moments from the new archival footage released to YouTube By Eric Osman The Associated Press and British Movietone are uploading more than 550,000 clips to YouTube that feature news events dating back to 1895, becoming the largest collection of archival news content on the video sharing website. Continue reading
Jun 11 Federal regulators go after crowdfunding scams on Kickstarter and GoFundMe By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are going after people who raise money online through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe but don't follow through on their promises. Continue reading