Source: Associated Press By VICTORIA MILKO YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Facebook said Monday that it is banning Myanmar’s powerful military chief and 19 other individuals and organizations from its site […]
Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones Source: BBC News The CEO of Twitter says it will not ban InfoWars or its founder Alex Jones because their accounts […]
Source: BBC News The UK faces a “democratic crisis” with voters being targeted with “pernicious views” and data being manipulated, a parliamentary committee is set to warn. The Digital, Culture, […]
Source: Time By CASEY QUACKENBUSH July 13, 2018 From former President Barack Obama to Justin Bieber, the internet’s biggest social media influencers lost millions of Twitter followers Thursday as the platform began […]
Source: Al Jazeera News Facebook has cancelled its Project Aquila, a programme to develop drones to deliver high-speed internet to remote areas currently not connected to the internet. According to Facebook, […]
Source: The Guardian Egypt’s top administrative court ordered authorities to block video-sharing website YouTube for a month over a film denigrating Islam’s prophet Muhammad. The ruling on Saturday ends a […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal ByRebecca Ballhaus May 23, 2018 2:33 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump may not block critics from reading his Twitter feed, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, finding that doing so violates their right to free speech. Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of […]
Source: MLIVE By Mark Tower mtower@mlive.com KALKASKA, MI — A village president in a small Northern Michigan community who gained national attention in June 2017 for controversial social media posts was […]
Source: Time By ANDREW GREGORY Each day, hundreds of millions of people document and share their experiences on social media, from packed parties to the most intimate family moments. Social platforms […]
Source: The Telegraph By Martin Evans, crime correspondent 5 MAY 2018 • 10:13PM Facebook has helped introduce thousands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) extremists to one another, […]
Source: Haaretz Report highlights uptick in anti-Semitic tweets in months when white supremacists held rally in Charlottesville and President Donald Trump announced decision to move U.S. Embassy in Israel to […]
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top mufti has issued a fatwa, or a religious decree, saying that buying Facebook “likes” is prohibited under Islam because it’s a form of fraud and deception. Grand Mufti Shawki Allam regularly issues all sorts of fatwas, usually in response to questions by […]
Source: The Guardian BY Rachel Obordo and Guardian readers From student debt to loneliness, young people in Britain share their reasons for why the happiness of 16 to 25-year-olds is so low Young people have said social media is one of the reasons they’re so unhappy. Photograph: WIN-Initiative/Getty Images Research says that young […]
Source: BBC News Facebook has said it believes that up to 87 million users’ data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica claims its data and research helped Donald […]
Source: Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – A vegan in France who posted a Facebook message offering “zero sympathy” for a butcher killed by an Islamist militant during an attack last week […]
Source: Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government on Thursday ended a weeklong ban on social media that was imposed because of concerns that it was being […]
Source: Associated Press BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Bali’s annual Day of Silence is so sacred that even reaching for a smartphone to send a tweet or upload a selfie to […]
Source: The New York Times By VINDU GOEL, HARI KUMAR and SHEERA FRENKEL MUMBAI — In many countries, Facebook is contending with a darkening reputation as a vehicle for disinformation and false news. The most recent […]
Source: The Guardian Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera Reports of attack on Buddhist temple sparks anti-Muslim riots in Kandy district Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera Sri Lankan security forces clean […]
Source: Religion News Service By Bobby Ross Jr. | February 18, 2018 Demonstrators in Plano, Texas, on Feb. 18, 2018, outside a city council meeting called to address council member Tom Harrison’s anti-Islam […]