Female Official in Costa Rica Fired for Racy Video

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2012 Karina Bolanos, a vice minister in Costa Rica, was let go after a video of her claiming her longing to her lover while clad in underwear was made public on YouTube; Americans apparently throw away nearly half of their food; meanwhile, a 15-year-old used the Internet to create an advanced cancer test. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Progressive Settles After Terrible Insurance Tale Goes Viral

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 18, 2012 Progressive has settled with the family of a policyholder that claimed the insurance company defended her killer, but the deal came about only after the truly awful story made its way around the Internet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arise, Facebook Nation

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Aug 5, 2012 If social networks helped mobilize Egyptians to confront Hosni Mubarak’s tanks and men, shouldn't they also be able to take on a PAC, even one as powerful as that belonging to the National Rifle Association? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Morgan Jones, Reporter on the Spot

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2012 It was early in the morning on July 20, when most people were asleep, that 18-year-old Morgan Jones began informing the world about the unfolding massacre in Aurora, Colo. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Tweets

Deng Coy Miel, Cagle Cartoons, Singapore Jul 23, 2012 Dig deeper

We Don’t Want Your Stinking ‘Likes’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 13, 2012 Companies in pursuit of “likes” on Facebook are discouraged to hear that many of those clicks are coming from fake profiles set up to spread spam. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Defriends Bashar Assad

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What Goes Up

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico May 27, 2012 Dig deeper

Facebook Skyline

Arcadio Esquivel, Cagle Cartoons, La Prensa, Panama May 9, 2012 Dig deeper

The Key Words the Government Monitors Online

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2012 A government manual obtained by a privacy watchdog group reveals that the Department of Homeland Security has compiled a list of hundreds of key words used to detect possible terrorist and other threats on social media sites. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Inside a Foxconn Factory

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2012 A look inside Foxconn gives us a new perspective on workers' conditions; one solution to the "right to be forgotten" dilemma may be to implement mandatory online insurance; meanwhile, a Columbia grad in New York has been converting pay phone booths into libraries. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook IPO

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Feb 4, 2012 Dig deeper