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Not Everyone Is a Fan of the Sharing Economy

Services such as Airbnb and Uber encourage sharing, but they might also have some unintended consequences.
Olivia Becker
6.18.14
capsule

VICE News Capsule - Wednesday, June 18

Thousands of poll violations reported in Afghan runoff, Lebanon combats cultural taboos and more.
تجربة
6.18.14
Features

How an FBI Informant Helped Orchestrate the Hack of an FBI Contractor

Weeks after he started working quietly as an FBI informant, the hacker known as Sabu led a cyber attack against one of the bureau's very own IT contractors.
Daniel Stuckey and Andrew Blake
6.18.14
VICE News

Chaos in Brazil: On the Ground at the World Cup - Part 1

VICE News was on the scene as one man on the street—allegedly an undercover policeman—accosted reporters, waved a pistol around, and fired several shots at a World Cup protest in Rio.
VICE News
6.18.14
Sponsored

Come to Cubanisto's Secret Parties in Manchester and Glasgow

The only thing better than rum or beer is their rum flavoured beer.
ADVERTORIAL
6.18.14
The Fiction Issue 2008

Letter from the Chateau Marmont

When we recently stayed at the Chateau we brought our friends Carol and Tony to the lobby. At the table next to ours, two round-bellied men in their 40s, dressed like they’d just come from a baseball game, were gossiping about the movies they were...
Amie Barrodale
6.18.14
Social Media

How GCHQ Justifies the Mass Surveillance of UK Social Media Users

GCHQ was forced to reveal its policy on intercepting Facebook, Twitter, and Google user data. What happens next?
Joseph Cox
6.18.14
One For the Road

The Bikers and the Mountain Lodge

The last leg of Pia's journey sees her hitch a ride through the mountains of the Val Canale with some bikers.
VICE Staff
6.18.14
Photo

Distortion Is A Paradise (Part Two)

Its angels got pretty rowdy on a Thursday night in early June.
Lousy Auber
6.18.14
Restaurants

Tell Me Not to Breastfeed in Your Restaurant and I'll Bite You

Ahhh, breastfeeding in public, that old stretch-marked, heaving, leaking chestnut. It's 2014, but apparently people—particularly restaurant owners—seem to have a problem with it. But why does it bother people to see a baby being fed, particularly when...
Jodi Bartle
6.18.14
News

Can We Stop Rape from Being Used as a Weapon of War?

I spoke to a rape survivor working towards that lofty goal at last week's Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London.
Hannah Strange
6.18.14
Premieres

PREMIERE: Andrea Balency - "You've Never Been Alone"

Keep an eye on Andrea Balency - she's incredible.
Ryan Bassil
6.18.14
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