social media

New social media checks for visa applicants show the dangerous transformation of surveillance in the US

COMIC: Satanic Panic: The Perpetual Return

Comic: Stop tagging your activist friends under bigoted posts on social media

Sex and relationship resources by Black folks, for Black folks

How TikTok is ushering in yet another way for youths to don “Digital Blackface”

Jussie Smollett attack under new scrutiny after CPD won’t substantiate unnamed sources “staged” claim

Social media breaks aren’t self-care for Black people who feel isolated offline

The Nation magazine issues apology after backlash for publishing offensive poem from a white guy

The rage felt so good, until it didn’t: The difficulty of cutting off abusive family members

Snapchat green-lit ad mocking Rihanna’s survival of domestic violence, stock sinks $1 billion

Twitter is deleting white supremacists’ verification badges, but not their rhetoric

Advertisers threaten NBC for covering NFL protests, reflecting ongoing social justice struggles

New Study Shows Young People of Color Get Their News From Social Media

How Digital Media Aids—And Complicates—The Struggle for Justice

St. Paul Police Officer Urges People to Run Over BLM Protestors

Protection or Invasion of Privacy? Parents and the Social Media Age

White House calls Trump’s ban on Muslims ‘disqualifying’

Racism 2.0: How the Internet Reminds Us Things Ain’t Changed

Study: Social Media Preferences Vary By Race and Ethnicity

Head of state for Iran tweets support for #BlackLivesMatter movement

Arrests made in #IAmJada rape case

High school powder puff team poses for team photo, play game in blackface

Alabama school officials hire former FBI agent to spy on black students

Twitter campaign calls attention to mentally ill man brutally beaten by teens

Kansas City officer under review for Michael Brown Facebook post

Mother arrested for helping son conduct ‘fire challenge’

African Americans protest media portrayals of black victims with #IfTheyGunnedMeDown hashtag

Teen rape survivor fights back with #IAMJADA

16-year-old drugged and raped, finds out via social media after peers make fun of incident

People are talking about this felon for all of the wrong reasons

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