Tag Archives: Social Media

• News

  Facebook’s ‘Like’ faces free-speech test in Richmond courtroom

  A Facebook case being heard in the U.S Court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in downtown Richmond, could affect the rest of the nation.
• News

  Va. locations highlighted in ‘hate map’ showing origin of most racist tweets

  A map of geotagged tweets containing hate words shows where the most racist and homophobic tweets come from in the United States, a California professor says.
• News

  Couples who ‘LIKE’ together, stay together

  Researchers found couples who tag each other in Facebook posts are closer in real life.
• News

  50 million customers hit in LivingSocial hack

  If you’re a LivingSocial customer, get ready to change your password.
• News

  Flurry of social media activity after suspect’s capture

  Social media users were glued to the Internet Friday as a massive manhunt was underway for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
• News

  Social media is helping — and hurting investigators

  Police say social media is like a catch-22 during major investigations.
• News

  Joshua Tree closure: Social media fueled vandalism closes national park

  “Oatmeal cookie,” some of the graffiti reads. “Little nature boy.”
• News

  Will we care about internet privacy in 20 years time?

  The launch of the Facebook Home app has reignited the privacy debate over whether the social networking site is becoming too integrated in our lives.
• Health

  Eating disorders go viral via #thinspiration and #anorexia

  Seeing extremely thin bodies on social media sites like Tumblr and Instagram pushed 20-year-old Amanda Campbell back into her eating disorder.
• News

  Richmond Police join Global Tweet-A-Thon

  On Friday, March 23, 2013, Richmond Police Department will join the Global Tweet-A-Thon to bring attention to the use of social media by law enforcement agencies.
• News

  More social media woes as authorities mull Steubenville threat charges

  This time, it’s for allegedly threatening violence against the 16-year-old girl whose sexual abuse by two other teens.
• News

  Armstrong High attacks cyber-bullying head on

  On Wednesday, school leaders gave students at Armstrong High School a lesson on the harmful effects of cyber-bullying .