When you meet someone online there’s always the worry that the person could be a serial killer. Stranger danger, right? For the Asian American community, a shared obsession with […]
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Top 5 George Takei Social Media Moments Of 2016
Japanese American superstar George Takei is a distinguished actor, author and activist — and, at the age of 79, he probably has more Facebook followers than you. For years, […]
George Takei live-streams visit to Japanese American internment camp
On Tuesday, George Takei live-streamed his exploration of the grounds of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center in Wyoming, used as barracks for a Japanese internment camp, on Facebook. Heart Mountain […]
Seoul Police Team Up with Facebook to Launch Missing Child Alerts
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Facebook to help find missing children through […]
Mark Zuckerberg Visits Samsung, “Facebook Phone” Collaboration Rumored
by REERA YOO Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg paid a visit to Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday, said Samsung officials. According to Yonhap, Zuckerberg is believed to have met […]
Fitness Mom Under Heat AGAIN, Suspended From Facebook for ‘Hate Speech’
I’m sure you all remember the fitness mom, Maria Kang, who faced a lot of heat for putting up a photo of her impressively fit body alongside her three children. […]
Facebook Depresses Japan, Loses Popularity
Here at Audrey, we’ve known the dangers of facebook and social media for quite some time now. In our Fall 2013 issue, we pointed out that a 2013 study conducted […]
Asian Mother Refuses to Apologize for Controversial Photo
Mother of three and fitness enthusiast Maria Kang posted a picture of herself and her children on facebook last year. The 32-year-old, half Malaysian Chinese and Filipina mother brought attention […]
Racist Calls Miss Philippines a Poor Smelly Maid
We were wrong. For once we thought the Asian community could have a win without a large of show of racist backlash. We thought we were safely out of […]
China Loosens Its Grip: Plans To Unblock Facebook & Twitter in Shanghai
The strict firewalls surrounding China’s Internet access may be slowly coming down, albeit in a small section of Shanghai. As reported by the South China Morning Post, Chinese officials […]
Is Facebook Causing Depression?
Story by Anna M. Park. You come home from work. It was a fair to middling day. Your boss didn’t yell at you, you didn’t totally cheat on your […]
