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.
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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…
Democratic presidential candidate faces party pressure as running mate search continues
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to choose a candidate for vice president from a shortlist of women by…
White House advertising campaign urges unemployed to ‘find something new’
White House-backed advertising campaign urges unemployed to ‘find something new’ aims to encourage unemployed, companion website provides links to training.
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…
Instagram apologises to Bella Hadid for removing post
Instagram has apologised to Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid after she criticised the social media platform for removing a post she…
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
Saudi Arabia passport is most improved of decade
Saudi Arabia passport is fastest-growing passports of 2019 according to the data of the Q2 Index Passport Henley for the…
Turkish President vows social media controls over insults to family
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens new law to regulate ‘immoral’ social media over tweets directed at daughter and son-in-law.
Polish president angry to foreign media says took LGBT comments “out of context”
Polish President Andrzej Duda asked international media to “stop distributing fake news” after extensive coverage of his LGBT comments in…
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…
Poland rescheduled presidential election on June 28
Poland has rescheduled presidential election on June 28 that was cancelled last month amid the coronavirus pandemic,setting the stage for…
Dubai real estate agencies decide to launch own listings portals
Dubai real estate agencies revived plans to launch their own jointly-owned property listings portals and apps and take on the…
Poland plans to propose mail-only presidential election, sources say
Poland coalition plans to propose legislation to allow both postal and in-person voting in a presidential election postponed from last…
Volunteer in Turkey uses 3D printers to produce PPE
Volunteer collective using a network of 3D printers to produce much-needed protective equipment during COVID-19 crisis in Turkey.
WhatsApp tightens its message forwarding limits
WhatsApp has tightened its message forwarding limits by restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time.