--- --- # Police Could Have the Power to Deactivate Your Social Media by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 30, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 30, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Should police in America have the power to shut down social media?**](http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/08/30/491826167/groups-worry-about-impact-of-police-moves-to-block-social-media) By Martin Kaste at NPR **2\.** [**Here’s a tool to tackle America’s gender wage gap.**](http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2016/08/26/boston-wage-gap-salary-workshops) By Zeninjor Enwemeka at WBUR **3\.** [**Could genes explain bad eating habits?**](http://www.gq.com/story/are-your-genes-screwing-up-your-diet) By Luke Darby in GQ **4\.** [**Nobody likes a bully — except Mother Nature.**](http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160822-why-bullying-is-such-a-successful-evolutionary-strategy) By Melissa Hogenboom at the BBC **5\.** [**You can probably skip those college tours.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/08/25/do-you-really-have-to-go-on-college-visits/) By Alina Tugend in the Washington Post  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Police Could Have the Power to Deactivate Your Social Media ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4472371/police-could-have-the-power-to-deactivate-your-social-media/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4472371/police-could-have-the-power-to-deactivate-your-social-media/"},"headline":"Police Could Have the Power to Deactivate Your Social Media","datePublished":"2016-08-30T16:00:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:33.597Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4472371/police-could-have-the-power-to-deactivate-your-social-media/","keywords":["Innovation","Social Media","Genetics","Higher Education","wage gap","Bullying"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4472371/police-could-have-the-power-to-deactivate-your-social-media/","name":"Police Could Have the Power to Deactivate Your Social Media"}}]}] ```