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Could the Pandemic Prompt an ‘Epidemic of Loss’ of Women in the Sciences?

by BistoshWorld | Apr 13, 2021 | #MeToo Movement, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Child Care, Colleges and Universities, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Discrimination, Graduate Schools and Students, Maddow, Rachel, Nature Communications (Journal), NY Times, Race and Ethnicity, Research, Rockefeller University, Sexual Harassment, Social Media, Tenure, Twitter, Women and Girls, Yale University, your-feed-science | 0 |

Like many women during the pandemic, Alisa Stephens found working from home to be a series of...

China Tries to Counter Xinjiang Backlash With … a Musical?

by BistoshWorld | Apr 5, 2021 | China, Communist Party of China, Facebook Inc, Forced Labor, Han Chinese (Ethnic Group), Kazakhs (Ethnic Group), Minorities, Movies, NY Times, Social Media, Twitter, Uighurs (Chinese Ethnic Group), Xinjiang (China) | 0 |

In one scene, Uyghur women are seen dancing in a rousing Bollywood style face-off with a group of...

Myanmar Soldiers, Aiming to Silence Protests, Target Journalists

by BistoshWorld | Apr 1, 2021 | Censorship, Coups D'Etat and Attempted Coups D'Etat, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Freedom of the Press, Myanmar, News and News Media, NY Times, Social Media, Tatmadaw (Myanmar), Zaw Min Tun | 0 |

Ten days after seizing power in Myanmar, the generals issued their first command to journalists:...

Women Are Calling Out ‘Rape Culture’ in U.K. Schools

by BistoshWorld | Apr 1, 2021 | Education (K-12), Everyone's Invited, Great Britain, NY Times, Private and Sectarian Schools, Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Social Media, Women and Girls | 0 |

LONDON — For weeks, the harrowing anonymous testimonies have poured in, one after...

Why the internet loves the Suez Canal stuck ship saga.

by BistoshWorld | Mar 27, 2021 | Computers and the Internet, NY Times, Ships and Shipping, Social Media, Suez Canal | 0 |

It’s a moment that has managed to wrap Bernie Sanders’s mittens, jokes about poor driving skills...

India’s New Media Rules Could Silence Online News Outlets

by BistoshWorld | Mar 27, 2021 | Ashutosh, Computers and the Internet, Cyberharassment, Freedom of the Press, India, Modi, Narendra, Newspapers, NY Times, Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Satya Hindi, Siddharth Varadarajan, Social Media, The Wire | 0 |

NEW DELHI — Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has cultivated and cowed large parts of the...

How Anti-Asian Activity Online Set the Stage for Real-World Violence

by BistoshWorld | Mar 19, 2021 | 4chan, Asian-Americans, Atlanta Spa Shootings (2021), Chinese-Americans, Computers and the Internet, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Discrimination, Facebook Inc, Fringe Groups and Movements, NY Times, Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2020, Race and Ethnicity, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Rumors and Misinformation, Social Media, Telegram LLC, Trump, Donald J, Twitter | 0 |

Negative Asian-American tropes have long existed online but began increasing last March as parts...

Too Much on the Bottom and Not Enough in the Middle: Nanaimo Bar Outrage

by BistoshWorld | Mar 12, 2021 | British Columbia (Canada), Canada, Cooking and Cookbooks, Instagram Inc, Northwest Territories (Canada), NY Times, Photography, Social Media | 0 |

This week was the first anniversary of the official declaration that the coronavirus was a global...

Russia Says It Is Slowing Access to Twitter

by BistoshWorld | Mar 10, 2021 | Computers and the Internet, Facebook Inc, Google Inc, Instagram Inc, Navalny, Aleksei A, NY Times, Politics and Government, Putin, Vladimir V, Russia, Social Media, Twitter, United States International Relations, YouTube.com | 0 |

MOSCOW — The Russian government said on Wednesday that it was slowing access to Twitter, accusing...

Maldives Courts Influencers Amid Covid-19

by BistoshWorld | Feb 27, 2021 | Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Instagram Inc, Maldives, NY Times, Social Media, Travel and Vacations | 0 |

In a season of lockdowns, Georgia Steel was jet setting.A digital influencer and reality...

Facebook Bans Myanmar Military Accounts in Aftermath of Coup

by BistoshWorld | Feb 25, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Censorship, Computers and the Internet, Corporate Social Responsibility, Coups D'Etat and Attempted Coups D'Etat, Defense and Military Forces, Facebook Inc, Instagram Inc, Myanmar, News and News Media, NY Times, Politics and Government, Social Media | 0 |

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Wednesday that it had banned Myanmar’s military and...

Facebook Strikes Deal to Restore News Sharing in Australia

by BistoshWorld | Feb 23, 2021 | Australia, Brown, Campbell, Computers and the Internet, Facebook Inc, Frydenberg, Josh, Law and Legislation, News and News Media, NY Times, Politics and Government, Social Media | 0 |

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Monday that it had struck a deal with the Australian government...

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