Reddit

The cassette where “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet” was found.

What is ‘The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet’?

Music

A song that has been unidentified for over 35 years.

The World

There’s a push in Sweden to deal with Internet trolls

Technology
Aaron Swartz poses in a Borderland Books in San Francisco. The Internet activist is the subject of new documentary about his life, activism and death.

The story of Internet icon Aaron Swartz comes to life in a new documentary

Environment

SOPA, PIPA opponents celebrate successes, ‘more work to do’

Environment

Top 10 in ’11: The stories you clicked on the most from PRI.org

Social Media Sites Look to Help in Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation

Arts, Culture & Media

Websites like 4chan and Reddit have come under fire for their attempts to crowdsource the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.

The World

Reddit Users Debate the Idea of ‘Leftover Women’

When The World’s Asia correspondent Mary Kay Magistad reported last Friday that Chinese women in their late 20s are considered “leftover women,” social networks were quick to respond. Here are several interesting conversations happening around the role of unmarried women in Chinese society […]

Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian on SOPA Shutdown

More than 7,000 websites shut themselves down on Wednesday in a one-day protest of the anti-piracy bills now in Congress. The blackout has some U.S. lawmakers thinking twice about voting for the bills. The Protect IP Act, or PIPA, lost support from two former co-sponsors, Republican Senators Marco Rubio and John Cornyn. Reddit.com’s co-founder, Alexis […]

A Positive Spin on SOPA and PIPA

Wednesday sites like Wikipedia and Reddit pulled the plug for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), acts that threaten the existence of such sites. SOPA is up for heated debate not only in congress, but online also. Steve Tepp, who represents the working man in Hollywood, […]

The World

Wikipedia Joins ‘Web Blackout’ to Protest SOPA

Conflict & Justice

Wikipedia plans to take its English-language site offline on Wednesday as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US.