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Fashion weeks are becoming less about fashion cliques, and opening up to the masses.
Want to improve freedom of speech? Then let’s talk about defamation law.
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Defamation law poses a considerable threat to freedom of speech in Australia, especially where social media is concerned.
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Making decisions about what people do and don’t read is the traditional role of an editor, no matter what Facebook claims.
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The social media site must be free to make its own editorial decisions – right or wrong.
Something’s not right.
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Social media feedback has made businesses think twice about what makes a good customer.
Chinese are starting to question government control of the terms of public debate, as conveyed by this propoganda banner in Hangzhou in 2010.
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Hangzhou is hosting the G20 summit and China is anxious to present a positive picture of the country to the world, but the official attitude to non-compliant citizens isn’t helping.
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party is facing a wave of online and offline protest.
Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand stops running during the 5000m race to help Abbey D'Agostino of the USA after D'Agostino suffered a cramp.
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Although the Olympics have come to an end, fans will continue to be gripped by the infinite micro-narratives that sports fixtures provide. But are these narratives comparable to literary creativity?
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Psychological distress among teenage girls has risen by 4% in the past decade.
Rally for electoral reform in Malaysia 2015.
Bersih 2.0
Social media can be an effective tool in mobilising people for social change, as demonstrated by the Bersih movement in Malaysia.
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Photographers can’t pay the bills with Instagram likes – but it’s pushing them to capture more spectacular images than ever before.
Say goodbye to this old set up.
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Television is dead; long live the Olympics.
What face do you see?
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There’s a concern that images posted on social media run the risk of disrupting the accurate identification of people allegedly involved in a crime.
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What happens when games and social media infiltrate society to the point that we all become avatars and anonymous usernames?
Social networking sites can have a major impact on children’s perception of fast food.
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The use of social networking sites by fast food companies to target children is a regulatory grey area.
Mad as hell and tagging you in the comments.
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Pressure from online comments can cause our democratically elected leaders to act in the strangest ways.
Add a hashtag, join the Olympics conversation.
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The mainstream media has knocked Brazil for the Zika virus, doping scandals and safety concerns. But citizen social media users, by revealing an alternate narrative, could even the score for Rio.
Sydney man Zane Alchin pleaded guilty to bombarding young women on Facebook with graphic, sexually violent messages.
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A case in Sydney is the latest instance in which the powers-that-be contribute to the widespread victim-blaming and perpetrator-exonerating in relation to cyber violence against women and girls.
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This playful form of rebellion is empowering people all over the world to move freely around their cities.
A picture paints a thousand words, which can be manipulated into a false narrative.
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Viral posts don’t always tell the truth -– so how can we stop them spreading?