GroundReport announced today the winner of June’s Off-the-Radar Contest, a news competition with a $1,000 USD grand prize. The winner was Arafatul Islam, whose article garnered the highest traffic on GroundReport.com for the month of June. Underscoring GroundReport’s participatory format, the contest was judged by the “wisdom of crowds,” and not a committee or editor; […]
Protecting your Child on the Internet
Protecting your Child on the Internet In the 80’s and early 90’s children were just children. Children growing up at that time were more social than any social media today would ever be. There was no internet till children were old enough to access it, no social media, and no such thing as a “cyberbully” […]
The Separation of Church and State: Should the POTUS be Atheist?
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” – Establishment Clause, First Amendment Seventeenth-century English philosopher John Locke may have been amongst the first to theorise on the removal of religion from government, but it was Thomas Jefferson who gave the concept a memorable and succinct term; […]
35 countries where fathers raped daughters
The alarming rise in the incidents of child rape, gang-rape, and even rape of daughters by their fathers in Bangladesh and many other countries will shock any conscious person at any part of the world. On the other hand, the sex perverts will be inspired – thanks to lax enforcement of laws and rise of […]
Social Media and its evolution in 21 century
How often do you use social media or for what purpose do you use social media? These question might sound erratic in today’s scenario but understanding the relativity of the question is yet another part of its research and analysis. The human society has evolved with the cooperation and network of various evolution process […]
ISIL using Twitter to further their cause, radicalize fighters and raise millions of dollars
On February 23, 2015 Rep. Ted Poe of Texas asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for a few minutes to address the issue of ISIS recruitment on social media: “Mr. Speaker, this week we learned that three British school girls between the ages of 15 and 16 […]
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