I recently came across two tweets—or rather, thousands of tweets sharing the same two ideas over and over again. The first batch targeted elected officials and read: “SNAP has helped lift millions out ...

I was recently asked to be a guest on a TV show to talk about social media, and thought I'd share some of the Q&A and my notes. Social media has become an indispensable part of many people's lives.

Throughout history, there have been innovations and landmark protests that have changed the face of activism forever: the Stonewall riots, car caravans used as blockades and the recording option on ...

Campaigning community Avaaz got 750,000 people to sign up to an online petition to ban South Africa's lion bone trade. But how has it turned those clicks into action? A lion cub looks down the barrel ...

In the past few weeks, if you own a social media account, it has been impossible to avoid posts for the “i ce bucket challenge.” If you are one of the five people who haven’t seen it, the challenge is ...

The last week of April 2015 opened with a hashtag that gained popularity on local social media: #SaveMaryJane. Netizens pleaded for the life of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina mother who was due to be ...

Politicians, in theory, are supposed to be responsive to public outcry. When faced with an avalanche of blast emails from angry constituents, therefore, legislators generally are moved to act. In ...

In a week which saw a backlash against “hashtag activism” over the #Bringbackourgirls campaign, Change.org’s UK director defends online campaigning – two years on from the website’s launch. Photo, ...

Often derided, online activism is far more effective than it first appears – but there are big differences between how the political left and right deploy it to spread ideas. For some, it’s the ...

'YOLO' and 'Clicktivism' are among more than 1,000 new entries added by the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest quarterly update. 'YOLO' and 'Clicktivism' are among more than 1,000 new entries ...