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Social media activism hits a home run: 21,000 likes in 2 days

June 15, 2013 - 1:00am

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Two days ago, food distribution group A Packet Of Rice launched a campaign on their Facebook page, with a post that stated that for every "like" it got, food caterer Jessie Catering would contribute 50 cents to their purchase of packed lunch for distribution to needy families.

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Sexting apps?

January 3, 2013 - 6:54pm

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The New Paper

Stanford University student Evan Spiegel was told by classmates his idea for his final year project was "terrible".

Today, he is founder of Snapchat, a mobile phone app that allows users to send photos and videos that supposedly vanish from the recipient's phone after a few seconds.

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In a bind over Net regulation

April 30, 2012 - 1:56am

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Lediati Tan

Much ink has been spilt over the role of social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter - such tools have been vehicles for change in the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East, but social media has also been hijacked to harass and to bully.

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Have netizens gone too far with naming and shaming?

March 29, 2012 - 2:05am

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Lediati Tan

Daryl Yam

Identify and shame. That is the modus operandi of the online lynch mob.

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Living on social media for a good cause

February 2, 2012 - 11:27pm

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Zul Othman

A FACEBOOK page has been making the rounds, asking netizens if anyone can live on social media alone.

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Young PAP member resigns after making racial slur on Facebook

November 17, 2011 - 11:45pm

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Zul Othman

THE picture, posted on Facebook, shows a busload of Muslim kindergarten students taken earlier this year in the heartlands.

The accompanying caption – a religious and racial slur – caused an uproar in cyberspace.

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Is the online citizen riding into a cowboy town?

August 16, 2011 - 1:17am

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Olivia Ho

TNP PICTURE: Kua Chee Siong

COWBOY towns may be infamous for being rough and tough, but at least they have sheriffs to maintain law and order. However, that's not the case online.