20 Years Of Texting, And What The Next 20 May Hold Doug Bernard | Washington DC According to the calendar, the 21st Century began exactly at 12:01am on January 1st, 2001. But in practical terms, you could argue it actually began about eight years earlier, on December 3rd, 1992. That’s because that was the day […]
A Sociopath’s Online Trail
Tracking Luka Magnotta’s Digital Footprints Doug Bernard | Washington DC Warning: This story contains elements of a graphic and often disquieting nature. There’s nothing about the story of Luka Magnotta that isn’t unsettling, bizarre or even profoundly disturbing. It’s a story of cruelty, murder and a sociopath’s need for attention. In many ways, it’s not […]
Lying Liars Online
Old Questions About Truthfulness in the Internet Era Her name was Amina Abdallah Arraf al-Omani, Amina for short, and for several days she was headline news. As author of the blog “A Gay Girl in Damascus,” Araf wrote about the conflicts of living as a U.S.-born lesbian in Syria. But now she was part of […]