internet culture
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Social Media Can Make Standardised Test Questions Go Viral
When standardised tests are shared nationwide — as they now are in the US, under the Common Core system that’s been adopted in 46 states — cheating suddenly becomes a whole lot easier. Especially since teenagers now share just about everything on social media.
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The EU Is Planning Antitrust Charges Against Google
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the European Union is preparing to level antitrust charges at Google “in the next few weeks”.
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Citizen Scientists Are Helping NASA Map The Aurora Like Never Before
The aurora borealis that took place on St. Patrick’s day strongest geomagnetic storm in a decade, there’s another reason it was special. It was the first time that thousands of citizen scientists tweeted about the aurora to help NASA construct a detailed global map of the event.
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What ISIS Really Wants (According To The Islamophobia Industry)
Welcome back, dear readers, to The Kerfuffler, where every other week we take a look at the culture wars raging online. This week we’re looking at the debate surrounding the nature and aims of one of the first ‘internet generation’ terrorist groups, Islamic State.