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Instagram: Social Tool or Social Problem?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.30.2013 | Parents
Read More: Digital Lives, Cyber-Bulling, Patrenting, Exclusion, Cliques, Instagram, Cyberspace, Friendships, Inclusion, Internet, Teens, Technology, Parents-Families-Tech, Parenting-Teens, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

Capturing moments and sharing memories has usually been a source of joy. Photos are, after all, intended to capture history, lovely moments and times spent together. They are also intended to bring a bit of happiness to the viewer, correct?

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Tragedy, Guns, Games and the Deadly Art of Illusion

Russell C. Smith | Posted 03.27.2013 | Technology
Read More: Cyborgs, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Internet, Mental Health, Digital Lives, Internet Freedom, Free Speech, Gun Control, Gaming, Aaron Swartz Suicide, Robots, Nra, Aaron Swartz, Sopa, Technology News
Russell C. Smith

Since so much has been written recently about mental illness and access to guns, it's not a stretch to flip this argument around to include unrestrained force by a governmental body against someone who is dealing with depression.

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China's Digital Green Dam: The Party Capitulates

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Confucianism, China Business, Jwt, Digital Lives, Communist Party, Central Government, Chinese Society, Iac, Green Dam, World News
Tom Doctoroff

The vast majority of Chinese believe an empowered central government guarantees individual and national gain. But this is a clear case of an evolving relationship between rulers and ruled.

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