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If you’re not too popular on Facebook or Twitter, you may want to work on that — your future mobility may depend on it. A group of Kansas City teens has created a car that runs on social media updates. The social media-powered car is the brainchild of Minddrive, a nonprofit that works with at-risk…

(The Root) — Twitter is a haven for many amazing things — innovative ideas, breaking news, new music — and really, really stupid tweets. Lovette “Luvvie” Ajayi of AwesomelyLuvvie.com runs DumbestTweets.com, a Tumblr full of some of the funniest and plain ole most stupid tweets ever tweeted. They contain goofs that range from really insane…

(The Root) — Heads are still reeling after it was discovered that three teenage boys raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and put footage of the attack on Facebook. That this happened to begin with speaks volumes about the things people think they can get away with on and offline — and that this case…

(The Root) — Though Twitter trending topics usually surround the hilarious and ridiculous, this morning saw the rise of a sobering, informative hashtag: #AdmitYourPrivilege. In it, Twitter users outlined the many ways in which they are privileged in society. In addition to naming the usual, obvious privileges — being white, male, straight, Christian, etc. —…

(The Root) — Controversial Chicago teen rapper Chief Keef took a swing at pop star Katy Perry on Twitter on Thursday in response to a tweet she made on May 21. She tweeted, “Just heard a new song on the radio called ‘I Hate Being Sober.’ I now have serious doubt for the world.” “I…

(The Root) — From her Instagram account, you can gather that Rihanna really loves strippers, smoking and making fun of people who come for her family. She also really likes nudity, both hers and other people’s. On several occasions she has Instagrammed pictures containing nudity, though it is a violation of the site’s terms of…

(The Root) — Jose Canseco danced around many of Twitter’s terms of service yesterday when he posted the personal information of a woman charging him with sexual assault. The tweets have since been deleted, but not before screenshots were taken. In one tweet, Canseco writes, “Wow thats funny I raped u then y did u…

(The Root) — If you’re surprised to hear that Twitter launched a music app for the iPhone and the Web last month, you’re not alone. The app, #Music, seems to have slipped under the radar of many Twitter users, and now, one month after its launch, it looks as if the app will soon be…

(The Root) — Two men allegedly attacked a British soldier on active duty in London on Wednesday, beheading him with machetes and meat cleavers while citizens looked on in horror. The assailants reportedly hit the soldier with their car before attacking him. Afterward they demanded that people on the scene take video. One of the…

(The Root) — Remember when you had to have a college email address to get a Facebook profile? Those days are long gone, as evidenced by the scores of high schoolers obsessed with the social networking site. But it seems the tide is turning again as a study shows that more teens are leaving Facebook…