How the Internet Makes Us Overshare
Does the Web just make the loudest of us even louder—or is it changing the way we all see ourselves?
Browsing Tag
Facebook
164 posts
Fighting the Child-Porn Problem With Digital Technology
Governments and tech companies experiment with filters to protect kids from exposure and exploitation.
Does the NSA Tap That? What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet Surveillance
In a secret effort, the National Security Agency appears to be vacuuming up large swathes of the Internet.
The Upside of Trauma
Worries about post-traumatic stress have become a stock part of the media narrative surrounding tragedies like Boston and Newtown. And resilience is supposedly the best we can hope for in the face of adversity. But what if there's a third option? The story of one mass shooting, and the surprising tug of post-traumatic growth.
Get Caught Up: The Best Stories on the Government’s Growing Surveillance
Must reads after the recent news about the National Security Agency and Prism.
‘The Internet Made Me Do It’: Stop Blaming Social Media for Our Behavioral Problems
At the most fundamental level, all the Internet really does is make it possible for people to share information and ideas faster and more efficiently than earlier modes of communication.
We Are All Internet Addicts Now—Just Don’t Call It That
New research has many (on the Internet) talking about the evolutionary causes of our "addiction" to the Internet, but it's not an addiction, at least not in the way we're used to applying the label.
What Happens When You Die on the Internet?
Your accounts get taken care of, and a lot of people are sad.
Spreading Racism via Facebook
Heavy Facebook users are more likely than those who log on occasionally to react positively to racist remarks.