By Sarah Simon Education inequality in the United States was a problem long before the internet. With new educational tools requiring internet access, that inequality has only magnified. A 2018 study found that one in five US teens “can’t finish their homework because of the digital divide,” especially among Black […]
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Exactly a year ago, the Indian government scrapped the controversial Article 370 from the country’s constitution to strip the northernmost state of Jammu & Kashmir of its autonomy. With that, it also cut off internet access for millions of people in the region, with a view to maintaining law and […]
A ban by President Donald Trump’s administration on Chinese mobile apps such as TikTok and WeChat risks fragmenting an already fragile global internet and creating an American version of China’s “Great Firewall.” Fears about the global internet ecosystem intensified this week with Trump’s executive orders banning the popular video app […]
origins of cancel culture 2×1 Samantha Lee/Insider “Cancel culture,” or the idea that people too often pile onto others for bad behavior, emerged only in the past few years but has become a ubiquitous phrase among English speakers. President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump have both criticized a culture […]
Usually animal crush videos feature bugs or mice. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images People around the world — including in the US — are making “animal crush” videos, an extreme version of torture porn in which animals are tortured and killed on video. The making and distribution of these videos are illegal, […]
It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first economists to make the link was Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics. Increasingly over the past two decades, the internet has been a […]
Gabbie Hanna’s career as a Viner turned YouTuber took a dark turn over the past year. Facebook/Gabbie Hanna Internet personality Gabbie Hanna recently stoked controversy by fighting with friends, drama channels, and YouTube itself before deactivating her Twitter and Instagram accounts. Hanna, who has over 6 million YouTube subscribers, also […]
One Direction with fans in Japan as they promote ‘The 1Derland: THIS IS US’, 2013: Getty Ten years ago today, five teenage lads – Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles – were thrown together in the audition stages of The X Factor. They were chosen […]
Haunted TikTok is the next evolution of internet horror After hours of scrolling through endless TikToks of teens dancing, couples pranking each other, and dogs being cute — something on your For You Page stops you dead in your tracks. Someone is walking around a dark, empty house, as text […]
Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star began collaborating in 2018 and have netted tens of millions of dollars together. Screenshot Instagram/@shanedawson, Twitter/@shanedawson Shane Dawson disappeared under growing backlash against his old racist content, along with his conduct and statements regarding children and pedophiles that many deemed to be inappropriate. Dawson’s explosive […]
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD — Teachers rejoiced when the school system announced that classes would be online until at least January. The Prince George’s County Educators’ Association, a local teachers union, voiced its support on Thursday. “Our members have been very clear that they are most comfortable continuing to use […]
NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE D uring the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton delivered a speech raising alarm about Donald Trump’s association with the “alt-right.” In Clinton’s telling, conspiracy theories and rank bigotry from “the dark, far reaches of the Internet” fueled Trump’s rise. But if Clinton correctly identified a new political […]