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  • TLDR #5 - Goodbye, Secret, Invisible Internet October 31, 2013

    Up until this fall, there was a secret internet. You probably heard about one part of it, the Silk Road, but that was just one secret website among many. This week, we talk to Gawker'... (article)

  • #5 - Goodbye, Secret, Invisible Internet October 31, 2013

    Goodbye, Secret, Invisible Internet (article)

  • What It's Like When Redditors Ban Your Website October 31, 2013

    UPDATE, 11/4: Mother Jones is unbanned. But just Mother Jones. /R/ politics is one of Reddit's most popular subreddits, with over three million accounts subscribed. On Monday, its mo... (article)

  • The Long, Strange Afterlife of the Monster Mash October 31, 2013

    Happy Halloween! It’s the best holiday we’ve got. Zero familial or religious obligations, free candy, and the nighttime air is filled with spooky menace. The only downside is that ... (article)

  • In Defense of Funeral Selfies October 30, 2013

    This week, Fast Company writer Jason Feifer started a tumblr called Selfies at Funerals. Feifer’s reposting selfies posted by teens on Twitter or Instagram. It’s probably worth pointi... (article)

  • I Accidentally Catfished Someone In Grand Theft Auto Last Night October 29, 2013

    I’ve been playing a lot of Grand Theft Auto V online lately. My handle is TheSilverWoman, which is a reference to my co-worker Alex Goldman’s last name. In real life, I’m a boringly n... (article)

  • Do you care if a news website changes a story after publication? October 29, 2013

    Late last night, when most reasonable people were sleeping, NBC News published a story about how, despite Obama’s promises to the contrary, many people weren’t able to keep their exis... (article)

  • You Partly Read Facebook For the Articles, Even If You Don't Want to Admit It October 28, 2013

    There’s an old joke - I don’t even know if it qualifies as a joke - about the idea that people claim to read Playboy for the articles. A new Pew study finds that we’re using Facebook ... (article)

  • How The US Uses Its Embassies to Intercept Allied Countries’ Phone Calls October 28, 2013

    On Sunday night, Glenn Greenwald published another revelation about the US spying on an allied European country - Spain, this time. But what you might’ve missed was an explanation ... (article)

  • Shed Light on DHS! October 25, 2013

    As we've discussed here and here on OTM, the Department of Homeland Security has been unresponsive to journalists' questions about policies related to the rights and treatments of Ame... (article)

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