Facebook Bans Armed Rebel Groups in Myanmar
As violent ethnic clashes and a labyrinth of civil wars continue to plague Myanmar, Facebook banned four armed groups…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Promotes Tourism to Myanmar, Where Social Media Enabled Genocide
Jack Dorsey, CEO of social media platform Twitter—the company now emblazoned in the public eye as one of the primary…
A Few Things Facebook Forgot to Include in Its Year in Review
It’s been quite a year for Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Facebook. You might even say that 2018 has been the…
Facebook Bans Military-Linked Pages That Stoked Genocide in Myanmar: Report
For years, Facebook has served as a catalyst for violence against Myanmar’s minority Rohingya population and the…
1 in 4 Americans Really Have Deleted Facebook's App, Pew Study Finds
Americans have soured on Facebook in the past year, as more people come to terms with the toxic role that the social…
Facebook Bans Myanmar Leaders, Admits It Was 'Too Slow' to Stop Posts Promoting Genocide
For years, an ethnic cleansing campaign by Myanmar’s Buddhist majority against its Muslim Rohingya has torn the country…
In Myanmar, Rains Displaced 119,000 in Earth's Latest Climate Disaster
Another day, another extreme weather event disrupting life on our planet.
Mark Zuckerberg's EU Testimony Will Be Livestreamed, Was Originally Planned To Be Behind Closed Doors
Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify in front of at least eight members of the European Parliament on Tuesday about…
Facebook Dodges Parliament's Questions About Cambridge Analytica, Ads Inciting Violence in Myanmar
Facebook has responded to a list of 39 questions provided by British lawmakers concerning user privacy, but in many…
Mark Zuckerberg Emails His Myanmar Critics Directly, They Publicly Blast Back
Mark Zuckerberg took the unusual step of personally writing to critics upset at the way he characterized Facebook’s…
The Scariest Thrill Ride in the World Trades Safety for Sheer Terror
If you get queasy even on a docile Ferris Wheel, you’ll want to avoid a ride called the Tagada at all costs next time…
Mysterious Metal Object Crashes Near Myanmar Village
A large cylindrical structure thought to be part of a Chinese rocket has fallen down into a mining area in north…
How This Lake In Asia Became A Floating Tomato Farm
Myanmar's Inle Lake is one of the largest lakes in the country, but in the last 20 years, satellite images have been…
Drug-Resistant Malaria Is On The Verge Of Spreading Into India
In Southeast Asia, the malaria parasite has been steadily building resistance to the drug that's used to treat it. This…
Human-Powered Ferris Wheel: "You have to see it to believe it"
Chef and sassy globetrotter Anthony Bourdain's latest TV show Parts Unknown recently took his audience to the…
Now Eric Schmidt Is Headed For Myanmar
Look's like Eric Schmidt has the travel bug. First he jetted off to North Korea, and now the Wall Street Journal reports
Behold: the first photos in history of a Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
Chalk another one up to camera traps! You're looking at a close-up of one of the only known photos of a living Myanmar…
These Are the Three Countries Who Don't Use the Metric System
As a reminder, these are the three countries who don't use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and…
Emergency Telecoms Team Forced to Wait in Thailand by Burmese Junta
Emergency communications kits destined to help the clear-up of the Burmese cyclone have been held up by the Asian…