Florida Teen Arrested for Online Shooting Threats

Fifteen-year-old Adam Guzzetti was arrested at his home after authorities connected him to a post he made while logged into a video game chat platform. ...

Inspired by Facebook Post, Woman Donates Kidney to Stranger

Martha Olsen has been a mail carrier for nineteen years. But her greatest delivery might have been good news to a family in need. An avid marathoner, ...

Woman Launches Social Media Hunt for Anonymous Rescuer

A woman who was abandoned as an infant has turned to Facebook to find the people who rescued her. In January 1983, Amanda Jones says one of her birth ...

Police Officers Fired for Offensive Social Media Posts

Roughly one month after placing an unprecedented 72 officers on desk duty, the Philadelphia Police Department completed its probe into inappropriate social ...

How Do We Relax?

How do we relax? Mostly through the escapism offered by movies, TV, and the Internet. 41% enjoy superhero movies (Morning Consult). Almost all of us like ...

Comedian Turns Snarky Reply into Generosity

As a veteran comedian and improv actor, Patton Oswalt is known to have a ready retort for anyone heckling or giving him grief. But one particular time, ...

Gillette Ad Calls Men to Be Their Best

Gillette launched a short film as part of a campaign to address a range of male misbehaviors. The two-minute spot, entitled “We Believe,” ...

Experts Call Viral Trend Harmful to Relationships

Pranks aren’t new, and neither is emotional manipulation or social media. But one disturbing new trend turns them into a noxious combination.

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Technologists Have Decided ‘No Phones for Our Children’

The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided they don’t ...

The Deadly Social Media Sin of ‘Comparisonitis’

Envy: According to Moya Sarner at The Guardian this deadly sin is more present in our everyday lives than ever before, thanks to social media. ... She ...