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I came across this article http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/western-content-is-heading-to-chinese-social-media-feeds.html, which detailed how a recent tie-up between local social media platforms (eg; Weibo) and Yoola (a digital content distributor owned by YouTube) will bring selected content, mostly from the US and Russia, into the Chinese market. One of the few aims of this endeavour, is to help influencers gain traction…

I chanced upon this article recently http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/03/social-media-complicating-crime-scenes/99442510/ , which showed how the openness of social media has its complications. With the advancement of technology and evolution of web from 1.0 to 3.0, news has become instantaneous and easy to access. While many articles and news have covered the positive aspects, the credibility of these postings…

In the past few days, videos of a man forcefully pulled out of his seat in a United Airline plane circulated on the Internet. It was a result of overbooking, a common practice among airline companies, and 4 passengers were asked to give up their seats for 4 employees of United Airlines. The videos went…