texting Listen Up! How You Use Punctuation in Texts? It Matters. A Lot. Punctuation marks convey tone and meaning in text messages and online in far different ways than the old days of the written word. But no mark may infuriate people more than a hostile-sounding period.
internet Your Punctuation Can Change the Whole Meaning of a Text A quick “thank you” message can go from friendly to passive-aggressive or anxiety-inducing, simply by changing the exclamation point to a period. We heard from a linguist who explains how punctuation works on the internet, and its differences from the old days.
social media Twitter Wants You to Take a Breath Before Sending That Mean Tweet “Want to review this before tweeting?” a new prompt to Twitter users will ask. The social media company says this could cut down on “mean” replies on the site. NBC News youth and internet culture reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt explains.
social media Success Kid or Grumpy Cat: How A New Small Claims Copyright Court Could Change What You Can Do Online The photo in every meme you’ve ever shared has an owner. And now there’s a new way for those owners to get paid if their image is used. The Small Claims Copyright Court was, strangely, one of the things created in Congress’ latest spending bill, which also included COVID-19 stimulus funding. Copyright lawyers say the spirit of the new court...
communications decency act Why Reforms to Section 230 Could Radically Change How You Use the Internet There’s been a lot of debate in recent months about reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Here’s an FAQ to get you up-to-speed.
social media The Most Important Internet Law Ever Passed It’s only 26 words long, but many believe it’s the most important legislation ever passed by Congress. Now, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden want to change it. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is so simple, storyteller Noah Pransky found a bunch of kids can easily explain it. But it’s so consequential, you’ll want to make...
China How Digital Resistors Beat Censorship To Share Coronavirus Information in China As the coronavirus outbreak flared in China, censorship rules prevented citizens from sharing information about the crisis. The New York Times talked to some of the digital-savvy citizens who put their own freedom at risk to create a digital archive of the outbreak.
work from home U.S. Internet Well-equipped to Handle Work From Home Surge Tech experts say the U.S. internet won’t have any trouble handling spikes in traffic from the millions of Americans who are now working from home to discourage the spread of the new coronavirus
internet Nonprofits Worry Sale of Dot-Org Universe Will Raise Costs Ethos Capital and the Internet Society, which runs the registry now, said those concerns are misplaced and the sale is being misunderstood
