social media

An inspection found that at one Los Angeles nursing home an employee took video of a co-worker "passing gas" on the face of a resident and posted it on Instagram.

Federal Officials Seek To Stop Social Media Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents

2:41pm August 08, 2016

After ProPublica identified dozens of cases of dehumanizing photos posted on social media sites, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled a plan to increase oversight.

National

During Fatal Standoff, Police Asked Facebook To Deactivate Woman's Account

2:31pm August 03, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Baltimore County police shot and killed Korryn Gaines, 23, on Monday after an hours-long standoff; her 5-year-old son was wounded. Police say Gaines was posting video of the standoff on social media.

The algorithms that serve up what you like can often create closed loops of their own, packed only with people who agree with you already.

The Reason Your Feed Became An Echo Chamber — And What To Do About It

7:14am July 24, 2016

by NPR Staff

It often feels as if social media serves less as a bridge than an echo chamber, with algorithms that feed us information we already know and like. So, how do you break that loop? We ask some experts.

Arts

Turns Out, Fighting Fat Shaming And Racist Trolls Is Also A Ghostbuster's Job

2:00pm July 22, 2016

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones quit Twitter this week after getting her fill of racist and sexist trolls. But, as the saying goes, every goodbye is not gone.

The Waterstone's on Oxford Street in London — now closed — used to crack jokes on Twitter (thanks to Jonathan O'Brien).

Bookstore's Tweet Leads To Love, Then Marriage

8:29pm July 19, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In 2012, the corporate Twitter account for a bookstore in London posted a joke about Pokemon. "I'm in love," a woman responded. More tweets followed, then a date. The wedding was last weekend.

Friends and family carry Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch's body at her funeral.

'Honor Killings' Are A Global Problem — And Often Invisible

5:50pm July 19, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

The murder of the social media star Qandeel Baloch is not just a Pakistani problem. So-called "honor killings" happen all over the world. Activists are trying to stop them.

Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch arrives for a press conference last month in Lahore, Pakistan.

World News

Pakistani Social Media Star Strangled In Apparent 'Honor' Killing

4:00pm July 16, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Qandeel Baloch, one of Pakistan's most provocative personalities, who's known for controversial social media posts, has been killed. Police say her brother strangled her and is now on the run.

Social Media Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unchecked

10:30am July 14, 2016

Iowa health officials recently discovered it wasn't against state law for a nursing home worker to share a photo on Snapchat of a resident covered in feces. They are trying to change that.

Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh is standing by a tweet he sent after the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas in which he warned President Obama to

National

Public Figures Struggle With Social Media Boundaries After Dallas Shooting

5:30pm July 13, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Politicians, police officers, and media personalities have all gotten blow-back for inflammatory social media posts about the shooting of officers in Dallas.

When she was 18, British actress Louise Linton spent her gap year in Zambia. It's the subject of a controversial new memoir, In Congo's Shadow.

#LintonLies: How Zambians Are Using Social Media To Talk Back

6:36pm July 06, 2016

by Tobias Denskus

Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.