On Monday, March 17, two high school football stars accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, in one of the most publicized rape cases in recent history, were found guilty. The story, sadly, was not such an uncommon one: male teen athletes taking advantage of a young girl is a storyline that has played on television shows like Law & Order: SVU countless times. But in this particular episode, social media was a central part of not just the crime itself, but also of the way to perpetrators were finally brought to justice…
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Social Media
I may open a Twitter account just so I can send Nihal Mehta nasty tweets.
Mehta is one of several hot young social media “mavens” or “hotshots” or some might say, “parasites” spotlighted in a recent issue of Entrepreneur magazine. The item about him was not more than a couple hundred words long, but long enough to make you put down the magazine and say to yourself, “That, right there, is everything that’s wrong with social media.”…
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Tell Twitter You’re Thirsty and It’ll Tell You What to Drink. Whether You Like It Or Not
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Steubenville & Social Media: How Twitter Brought Two Rapists To Justice
FYIs: World Water Day, DOMA and ‘Leaning In’
For this week’s FYI list we bring you some shocking statistics on the global water crisis, real-world arguments on DOMA, some tidbits from around the web on Sheryl Sandberg’s new book “Lean In”, and more.…
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Should Sex Offenders Be Allowed To Use Social Media? The 7th Circuit Says Yes
There are few values that we cherish as much as our First Amendment right to freedom of speech. But, that freedom is not without its limits. We cannot scream “Fire!” in a crowded, non-fiery theater, and we cannot directly and purposely incite violence in any setting. For sex offenders, the rules monitoring their speech just got looser…
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Twitter’s Year in Review: How Do You Measure a Year?
A year in our lives is now tracked by what we post and what we search for online. Twitter has created an “immersive and personal experience” in its 2012 Year in Review. With more than 500 million users, Twitter’s year-end list was generated by what we did and what we shared. We also identified what was important to us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Instagram and of course, Google Search…
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