FTC probes how social media giants use personal data
FTC asked Facebook, Twitter and other social media that how data is used to select advertisements as US cracks down…
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Twitter reports highest-ever yearly growth in daily users
Twitter American microblogging reports its highest-ever yearly growth in daily users to lockdowns and increased conversations around coronavirus pandemic.
Erdogan party moves to tighten grip on social media giants
Erdogan ruling party draft legislation would make social media giants with more than 1 million users in Turkey more accountable…
Polish conservative President re-elected president, deeper EU confrontation likely
Polish conservative President Andrzej Duda has won five more years in power on a socially conservative, religious platform in a…
Facebook considers political-ad blackout ahead of US election
Facebook considering a political-ad blackout on its social network in days leading up US election in November, according to a…
Civil rights audit blasts Facebook’s handsoff policy on Trump posts
Civil rights audit commissioned comes as some 900 advertisers boycott the social media site.Auditor considers Facebook decision as terrible precedent
United States looking to ban TikTok
United States is considering banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, over allegations Beijing is using them to spy on…
Canada’s biggest lenders join facebook ad boycott to block hate speech
Canadian lenders joined facebook ad boycott,More than 400 brands have pulled advertising on Facebook in response to the ‘Stop Hate…
Austria receives reports of Croatian police brutality against migrants
Austria’s parliament received over more than 1,600-page report, documenting Croatian border police brutality against irregular migrants.
Tech titans take aim at US president freeze on H-1B and other visas
President Donald Trump administration has justified suspension of some worker visas on grounds it will boost US jobs, but execs…
Palestine mourn death of a Six-Day War hero
Palestine mourning the loss of Saiful Azam,During the 1967 Six-Day War he became the only fighter pilot to have downed…
Abu Dhabi Health department launches Home Isolation Programme on WhatsApp
Abu Dhabi department of Health in collaboration with Public Health Center launched COVID Home Isolation Program on its verified WhatsApp…
Russian diplomats expels from Czech over poison plot hoax
Russian diplomats expelled by Czech Republic while Russian embassy said expulsion of its employees was ‘provocation’ based on ‘ungrounded accusations’.
Saudi journalist family forgive killers, opening way to legal reprieve
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi family forgave his murders, paving the way for a reprieve for five defendants sentenced to death.
Doctor in Myanmar charged for insulting monks over sex education
Doctor who criticised conservative Buddhist monks has been charged with insulting religion, as a debate heats up over a proposal…
Former US president criticises virus response
Former US president Barack Obama tells college graduates the coronavirus pandemic shows many officials ‘aren’t even pretending to be in…
Albanian national theatre Demolition sparks angry protests
Albanian authorities began demolishing national theatre after dragging away two dozen actors and activists, large crowd chanting “shame” and “dictatorship”.
Head of Syriatel accuses government for forcing to step down
Head of Syriatel Rami Makhlouf issued a video statement on Sunday saying officials had told him to quit as head…
Malta’s ambassador to Finland resigned after comparing Merkel and Hitler
Malta’s ambassador Zammit Tabona wrote on ‘Facebook Who will stop Angela Merkel? She has fulfilled Hitler’s dream! To control Europe’.
Egyptian legislators called PM to ban Ramez Magnon Rasmi show
Egyptian legislators called on Prime Minister to ban a television show aired every year during Ramadan, accusing it of inciting…
Italian PM Giuseppe Conte apologies over long welfare delays
Italian PM Conte apologised to millions of struggling Italians who have yet to receive long-promised financial aid meant to help…
President Obrador called on gangs to stop distributing food
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has called on gangs to stop distributing food and asked them to end violence instead.