The misleading ads Facebook removed overstated the risks and underrated the benefits of using PrEP as an HIV preventative. But LGBTQ advocates still want the social media mega-corporation to take more action. Facebook has started pulling ads with...
Women’s Suffrage, Social Media-Style
In their latest exhibit, The Valentine puts a new spin on the fight to gain women the right to vote by imagining it as a social media battle between famous figures of the early 20th century. If you’ve ever wondered what Maggie L. Walker’s social media presence would...
Cambridge Analytica and The Future of Facebook: The Bleak Reality
Facebook, every time you sign in it starts. One of the hallmark achievements of our century, this segway into a new evolutionary age of connectivity; designed to be a banner of equality to distance us from the imbalance of power. Every post to your status, you’re...
This Facebook Group Boycotting the Black Panther Film is Getting Trolled Hilariously Hard
Black Panther, the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is set to smash box office records with pre-sales exceeding all of Fandango's advance ticket sales up to this point. The movie will focus on the superhero, T'Challa, who was first introduced...
Facebook is Changing Your Access to News. Here’s How to Keep up with RVA Mag
For some time, Facebook has been the primary distribution channel for most news outlets throughout the US. This has been true for the smallest local news outlets, straight through to macro content producers like CNN and Buzzfeed. Pew Research Center found that in 2017...
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