Proponents of crowdsourced news call the Arab Spring breathing proof that citizen journalism is both powerful and functional. The democratic liberalization of the web, they argue, has democratically liberalized the states (and people) that now have access to it. Composed of mostly locals, the “citizen journalists” of the Arab Spring used sites like WordPress and […]

It’s a poorly kept secret that Al Gore invented the Internet for the sole purpose of practical joking. There are even some who believe the Internet itself is one big practical joke. The combination of virality and anonymity make the World Wide Web an ideal medium for prank pulling. With the right passwords, you can […]