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The double-edged sword of mental health apps

Should you trust an app with your mental health?

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Happiness in 4G

Might our smart devices support the search to happiness?

USA

How Playboy founder Hugh Hefner changed the western world

"In terms of pop culture and sexual attitudes, we do live in a Playboy world now"

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Cult

Chinese YouTube star uses office supplies to cook

Grilling fish with copy paper, taking apart computers and using them to fry Chinese pancakes are just some of Ms Yeah's "office cooking" techniques

Saudi Arabia

Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Araba

The free photo and video sharing app said Saudi authorities asked it to block the TV channel's Discover Publisher Channel as it broke two local laws

World News

Social media footage gives glimpse of Hurricane Irma damage

Images from the British Virgin Islands show flattened homes in Atlantic Basin.

USA

Hashtags entered Twitter like a 'Trojan horse', says creator Chris Messina

The idea of hashtags was initially rejected by Twitter's founders as 'too nerdy', says their creator Chris Messina

Italy

Magic Johnson and Samuel L Jackson mired in migrants controversy

An ironically-worded picture of Samuel L Jackson and Magic Johnson has sparked a row in Italy

United Kingdom

UK crackdown on social media hate crime

The Crown Prosecution Service says online hate crime must be dealt with just as seriously as face to face abuse.

United Kingdom

Why smiley face emojis are not so friendly

Researchers have found that using a smiley face emoji and similar emoticons at the office can have the opposite effect on the recipient, and make the sender seem less competent.

Living

Social media, models and diversity

What happens when Instagram likes have more value than talent?

World News

Jail term in text message suicide case

US court hands down 15-month jail term against young woman who encouraged her 18-year-old boyfriend to commit suicide with text messages

Norway

Bus seats mistaken for burqas by members of anti-immigrant group in Norway

“Tragic”, “terrifying” and “disgusting” - an anti-immigrant group from Norway mistake bus seats for ladies in burqas.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi woman arrested over miniskirt

Saudi Arabia has some of the world's strictest laws for women, who must wear loose-fitting, full-length robes known as abayas in public.

China

Images of 'Winnie the Pooh' blocked on Chinese social media

Winnie the Pooh becomes too politically sensitive to be mentioned on Chinese social media.

World News

Euroviews. Social Media: the Faustian deal

Social media are not one phenomenon. They raise issues for privacy, for freedom of expression, innovation, competition and, for all of these reasons, for democracy.

United Kingdom

Trump offers support for terminally ill UK baby

President Trump offers to help parents of Baby Charlie Gard after they lose a court battle to take him to the US for treatment

USA

Woman kills boyfriend in social media stunt

In Minnesota, teenage mum Monalisa Perez shot her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz through a book they both believed would stop the bullet.

USA

Woman found guilty for encouraging her teen boyfriend's suicide

A 20-year old woman in the US state of Massachusetts has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her teenage boyfriend’s suicide.