The threats, arriving at all hours of the day and night, are disrupting every aspect of student life at Pitt, forcing fearful students out of their dorm rooms and onto the couches of strangers living off campus.
Are websites like Pinterest, Tumblr and Facebook enabling eating disorders? And can they really do anything to stop it?
Knowledge of the Trayvon Martin case spread slowly at first. But online petitions, plus millions of tweets and Facebook “likes,” made the country take notice.
“The cyber bullying has gotten to the point where the school will not take any action unless I kill myself. Reddit- how do I get my story out and make this stop?” the girl, identified as Sarah, posted in a note to the site last Wednesday.
Thanks to social media, college kids’ vacation plans might be just a little tamer from now on.
Confusion soon turned to anger toward the end of a film screening, which concluded with audience members chucking rocks at the screen and reproaching the video for its inaccurate portrayals.
Though it’s titled “Thank you, KONY 2012 Supporters,” the video primarily aims to subvert skepticism and promote the good intentions of Invisible Children.
“Kony 2012,” a 30-minute documentary about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, was viewed more than 100 million times in just under a week, making it the most viral video in history.
A Washington woman got quite a surprise when Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature recommended a potential contact. The two women certainly had something in common: a husband.
When one man’s wife caught wind of nasty comments, she took legal action, prompting a Hamilton County judge to offer him two options: post an apology on Facebook every day for 30 days, or go to jail for twice as long.
