Internet
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Facebook is testing some changes to its 'real name' policy
Dec 19, 2015 5:37 am - Facebook has changed a lot since it first went online, but at least one thing has remained pretty much immovable: The site requires users to use their "real" names, and ...
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Why you shouldn't 'unfriend' Trump supporters on FacebookDec 19, 2015 5:34 am - Facebook doesn't track data on unfriending rates - but one imagines they spike dramatically after each of the Republican presidential debates. Sites from Mic to Quartz t...
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Twitter can be a mean place. Meet @TheNiceBot
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Text of Wheaton College professor's post about wearing hijabDec 16, 2015 12:00 am - I don't love my Muslim neighbor because s/he is American. I love my Muslim neighbor because s/he deserves love by virtue of her/his human dignity. I stand in human solid...
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Turns out Adam Sandler's 'The Ridiculous 6' is more stupid than offensiveDec 15, 2015 5:00 am - On Friday, Netflix ever-so-quietly released its original movie "The Ridiculous 6." The comedy is the first in a four-movie deal with Adam Sandler, and judging by the use...
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False flags, true believers and trolls: Understanding conspiracy theories after tragedies
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Twitter's list of the most popular tweets of 2015
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Cop grooving to Taylor Swift among top videos
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Neighborhood research is at your fingertipsDec 08, 2015 5:00 am - Neighborhood research is at your fingertips
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Elgin man charged in November Internet-related stabbingDec 05, 2015 7:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged with robbing and stabbing another man in November, who had been lured to a parking lot to see a person he had met through an online dating ...