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Meta kicks Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine off Instagram

Meta has permanently banned Columbia University Students for Justice in Palestine from Instagram.

By Adam Sabes
Aug 27, 2024

5 Big Questions for Woody White, Trustee at UNC Wilmington

White took action after a professor posted 'blow up Republicans' on Facebook.

By Angela Morabito
Aug 16, 2021

UNCW professor: 'Blow Up Republicans' FB post was an attempt to 'blow off steam'

The UNCW professor who posted 'Blow Up Republicans' on his personal Facebook page is now apologizing, stating that …

By Adam Sabes
Jun 30, 2021

Facebook forks over $75K to Georgia State for anti-racist virtual reality simulation

Facebook gave Georgia State University $75,000 to make an "immersive and interactive" film about racism.

By Ben Zeisloft
Jun 1, 2021

Colleges and universities join Facebook ad boycott to combat 'hate'

The boycott, organized by activist and advocacy groups, targets Facebook for allegations of tolerating hate speech …

By Robert Schmad '23
Jul 21, 2020

Tech rights, free speech rights groups say Facebook facilitates government censorship

Both foundations have joined forces by co-writing an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg urging him to enac…

By Jonathan McCormick
Apr 30, 2020

Universities team up with Facebook, Twitter to track users for coronavirus data

Universities and tech giants are optimistic about the potential of these projects, but Internet watchdogs urge caut…

By Leo Thuman
Apr 23, 2020

Oberlin finally suspends prof for anti-Semitic Facebook posts

In the posts, Karega blames both the rise of ISIS and the Charlie Hebdo terror attack on Israel, elaborating that "…

By Amber Athey
Aug 4, 2016

New York Times editor publicly calls professor 'asshole' after criticism

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called a professor an "asshole" on Facebook following the professor's c…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jan 12, 2015

Students ask profs to drop finals for black peers, shame responses on social media

Oberlin students have collected more than 1,000 signatures on a petition that asks the college’s president to disco…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Dec 15, 2014

Student threatened with rape, death after Ferguson poem

Social justice warriors have threatened to rape, burn, murder, and torture the student and her family.

By Maggie Lit
Dec 3, 2014

Furman University professors use Facebook to openly mock conservative student group

Professors from a variety of departments lampooned the conservative students and their views.

By Lauren Cooley
Mar 19, 2014