World wounded, angered by Paris terror attacks
Mourners across the globe reacted to the attacks in Paris with tears and anger, but also with colourful shows of solidarity with France. Monuments across the world, from the Sydney Opera House in...
View ArticleKrauthammer: The sound, the fury, the tweet
"Michelle Obama's tweeting #BringBackOurGirls for the nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists poses an interesting case of the semiofficial tweet," writes Charles Krauthammer. (Ben...
View ArticleKrauthammer: Obama’s embarrassing foreign policy by hashtag
WASHINGTON — Mass schoolgirl kidnapping in Nigeria – to tweet or not to tweet? Is hashtagging one’s indignation about some outrage abroad an exercise in moral narcissism or a worthy new way of standing...
View ArticleBeyond the hashtag
It’s now been four weeks since nearly 300 schoolgirls in the Nigerian village of Chibok were kidnapped from their school by the radical jihadist group Boko Haram. Precious time was lost almost from the...
View Article#BringBackOurGirls: Why hashtag activism has its critics
By now, chances are you've seen the tweets. The hashtag #BringBackOurGirls has gone viral on social media — drawing attention to the plight of the hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from their...
View ArticleThe story behind the 'Peace for Paris' symbol everyone is sharing
Following the news of last night's attacks, people began sharing an image of a peace sign drawn around the Eiffel Tower in a show is support for the people of Paris. Here's a look. The symbol was...
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: The hashtag activism of Twitter
Washington Mass schoolgirl kidnapping in Nigeria — to tweet or not to tweet? Is hashtagging one's indignation about some outrage abroad an exercise in moral narcissism or a worthy new way of standing...
View ArticleClooney, Clinton and useless 'soft outrage'
(CNN)After the Paris attacks by al Qaeda-aligned Islamic terrorists, much of the world -- even some Muslim world leaders -- seems united in the defense of free speech and freedom of religion. And at...
View ArticleBoko Haram mocks #BringBackOurGirls hashtag campaign in latest video
Boko Haram has released a video mocking the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, warping the slogan to say “Bring back our army”. In the film obtained by AFP, the leader of the Islamic militant group, which...
View Article#BBCtrending: Goodluck Jonathan's controversial hashtag
With over 200 schoolgirls abducted in April still missing, many Nigerians are outraged that the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag is being adapted as a political slogan for President Goodluck Jonathan's...
View Article‘Hashtag activists’ put Nigerian girls on world stage
Washington - Social media sites have exploded with urgent appeals to #bringbackourgirls, ramping up global awareness of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists 24 days earlier. The...
View ArticleTale of two hashtags
Perhaps, as spokesman Josh Earnest now says, the Obama administration ought to have sent a more senior official to the anti-terror rally in Paris this past weekend. But we don’t blame the president for...
View ArticleMissing Nigerian girls - from #bringbackourgirls hashtag to global action
First Lady Michelle Obama in a Twitter photo appealing for release of Nigerian girls. Washington: Social media sites have exploded with urgent appeals to #bringbackourgirls, ramping up global awareness...
View Article#IamNigeria Hashtag Says #NigerianLivesMatter
Last week’s terrorist attack on the Paris offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in which two gunmen killed 10 members of staff and two police officers, has dominated the...
View ArticlePeace for Paris: Graphic designer Jean Jullien creates unifying symbol in...
(CNN)Before the names and faces of the victims of Friday's terrorist attack in Paris emerged, there was one unifying symbol. Peace for Paris A photo posted by @jean_jullien on Nov 13, 2015 at 3:05pm...
View Article#IamNigeria Urges Global Concern For Boko Haram Massacre>
A terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last week has since dominated the 24-hour international news cycle as has the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie. Yet the massacre of 2,000 Nigerians...
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: Is hashtagging a worthy form of defiance?
Mass schoolgirl kidnapping in Nigeria – to tweet or not to tweet? Is hashtagging one’s indignation about some outrage abroad an exercise in moral narcissism or a worthy new way of standing up to bad...
View ArticleWorld sings, lights up in solidarity with wounded France
Stirring renditions of "La Marseillaise" rung out Saturday from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colours and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks...
View ArticleEiffel Tower meets peace sign in show of solidarity after attacks
Arwork believed to by London-based French graphic artist goes viral, with photos posted on social media under slogan Peace for Paris...
View ArticleOn Social Media, Messages Of Resilience And Hope Flourish
5:52 PM ET Camila Domonoske i A man plays piano near the Bataclan theater in Paris on November 14, the day after a series of attacks on the city resulted in the deaths of at least 120 individuals. At...
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