Emily Letts, a patient advocate at a women's health center, decided to film her own abortion and upload it to YouTube. The video has become very controversial, with some praising and some condemning her decision to share her story.

This hashtag, a call to action for the international community after nearly 300 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their school by terrorist group Boko Haram, spread quickly through Twitter after politicians, activists and celebrities took up the cause.

The United States Federal Communications Commission recently announced it would propose new rules drafted by chairman Tim Wheeler that would allow content companies to pay Internet Service Providers for special "fast lanes" to deliver their content at increased speeds.

After Brazilian footballer Daniel Alves was taunted by racist hooligans for his mixed-race heritage during a match, teammate Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior launched this hashtag on Instagram in protest of the deplorable behavior.

Following an armed standoff to keep his cattle from being impounded by the United States Bureau of Land Management, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy made several controversial statements regarding African Americans and the history of slavery in the United States.