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Welcome back to our weekly reading roundup. Before you see what we're loving elsewhere, don't miss Philippa Willitts on how Instagram can be both blessing and curse for communities seeking fellowship...
I'd like you to indulge in a thought experiment. Imagine, if you will, actually heeding the voices of people from marginalised communities when they warn you about things. Not dismissing them, not...
This has not been a good year for YouTube, and Google is making a hash of it as it refuses to face up to realities. The company's failings when it comes to identifying and rectifying issues on...
The rhetoric between the U.S. and North Korea appears to signal we are on the march to a regional conflict. North Korea says it is ready to “teach the U.S. a severe lesson” and that...
The "Worst Tweet Ever” was a little underwhelming, if you think about it. The “Worst Tweet,” for all of the three people on the Internet who haven’t heard about it, is what a woman who Tweets...
The internet, as we're reminded frequently, is for porn — and that includes everything from the high art to the amateur, the videos and snippets shot in bedrooms all over the world and uploaded for...
It's been a busy week around the world, but here are some stories that caught our eyes from around the web, from investigative journalism to frank personal essays. 'The Disappearing Soldier' (Pacific...
Going back to my roots. See ya very soon BALI!” declared a jubilant 20-year-old Joshua* on Facebook, just a while before boarding the plane that would take him to his fatherland. It was 17th of...
A tangled and rather bizarre controversy is unfolding in the entertainment world this week as musical veteran Sinead O’Connor spars with teen it girl Miley Cyrus. They come from different...