As we all become increasingly comfortable with sharing every aspect of our lives on social media, we face the risk whereby that publicly shared information may be used against us in our moments of weakness, like when relationships break down or we become involved in Family Court proceedings. Popular Perth blogger Constance Hall is like
Read MoreOnly one hour on social media a day is enough to reduce the happiness of children, with the effect worse for girls than boys, a new study suggests. Researchers found the longer children spend chatting on Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp and Instagram, the less happy they feel about a number of aspects of their lives. These
Read MoreVietnam has joined the chorus of outrage against United Airlines after news spread that a passenger forcibly removed from a plane this week is Vietnamese American. Reuters reports that social-media users in Vietnam are calling for a boycott of the airline after video footage of David Dao, a 69-year-old doctor, went viral in the country.
Read MoreAs if being mercilessly pilloried on social media and by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t enough, now legislators are lining up against United Airlines. CEO Oscar Munoz, despite making a belated public apology Tuesday, should buckle up for more turbulence, including possible political, regulatory and business fallout. What this tumult ultimately means for Munoz
Read MoreIn the fantastic Netflix series Black Mirror, there is an episode called Nosedive that perfectly chronicles how social media controls its participants, not the other way around. The main character, Lacie, lives in a world eerily similar to ours, where people can use their smartphones to rate all of their social interactions from one to
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