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“When my rapist showed up under the ‘people you may know’ tab on Facebook, it felt like the closest to a crime scene I’ve ever been.” That’s how Kevin Kantor begins his powerful slam poem, “People You May Know.” In the piece, Kantor recounts his experience of coming across his rapist’s Facebook profile — learning his assailant’s middle name, seeing
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A new service in the U.K. is allowing people to support their favorite charities via Twitter. Called #Donate, the service allows charities to receive donations using the population social media platform. Users create a campaign hashtag, and share it on Twitter with a message asking their followers for donations for their cause or organization. Those who wish to donate must
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Harry Styles can be a pretty amazing guy — and that’s not just because he has fabulous hair. Though One Direction has been busy performing around the world as part of the “On The Road Again” tour, Styles took time out last week to visit students from the Lalela Project, an organization that provides arts education to at-risk youth in
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Live-streaming video apps are having a moment. On Thursday, Twitter unveiled Periscope, a new app that lets people live-stream from their phones to anyone who wants to watch. The app, which Twitter reportedly acquired for around $100 million earlier this year, was immediately put to use Thursday afternoon, following the collapse of a building in New York City’s East Village,
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To commemorate International Women’s Day, inspiring human and actress Emma Watson participated in a Q&A at the Facebook office in London to stress, yet again, just how critical it is for both women and men to come together in the fight for gender equality. Watson clearly does not take the topic lightly; she is, after all, a United Nations Women
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