CYBER CRIME OCT 30, 2016 – Excerpts of the Attorney General’s criminal order were published by Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag on Sunday. (Keystone) The Swiss Attorney General’s Office has sentenced two Islamic State sympathisers this year, including the moderator of a large jihadist online forum. The former moderator is […]
İBRAHIM ALTAY PublishedOctober 17, 2016 Illustration by Necmettin Asma – twitter.com/necmettinasma As we enter the third part of the debate surrounding the concept of news addiction, another perspective shows us that even the usage of the word addiction is not agreed upon, though negative aspects seem, regardless, to affect the […]
AGENCIES | Published — Thursday 20 October 2016 Petra Laszlo MADRID: Hungarian media said Wednesday that the camerawoman who was filmed last year kicking and trying to trip migrants near Hungary’s border with Serbia has accepted an award for a documentary. According to Hungarian media, Petra Laszlo, credited as the […]
White Helmets receive much less coverage in Russian media By AP – Oct 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian man carries a child as they await treatment at a hospital in the regime-held part of Aleppo on Thursday (AFP photo) MOSCOW — While Western media are filled with grim […]
Column: Politics Seymour Hersh has risked much over his decades of journalism. He is a true journalist who has been attacked, slandered, and shunned by all sides simply because he seems to resist taking any side. When he reported on US atrocities in Vietnam, he was first attacked and denounced […]
Source: Time By Jocelyn K. Glei Jocelyn K. Glei is an advocate of mindful productivity and the author of Unsubscribe In today’s digital world, we’re often expected to be on email […]
Source: The Guardian Pontiff says journalists must go the extra mile to seek the truth and ensure they don’t spread rumours which can ‘kill a person with your tongue’ Journalism […]
Source: Pew Research Center How social media users see, share and discuss race and the rise of hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter BY MONICA ANDERSON AND PAUL HITLIN Americans are increasingly turning to social media for news and political informationand to encourage others to get involved with a cause or movement. Social […]
Source: Time By Gretchen Elke MILWAUKEE (AP) — Simmering anger over the fatal shooting of a man by police erupted in violence on Milwaukee’s predominantly black north side, with protesters skirmishing with officers over several hours and setting fire to at least four businesses in an outburst the mayor says was […]
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins American security contractors Lloyd Fields and James Creach were working at a police training facility in Amman, Jordan, in November 2015 when a trainee shot and […]
Source: Time By Daniel D’Addario Her real-time narration of tragedy may change how we experience news Before this week, the most recognizable and memorable video posted to Facebook Live was probably […]
Source: The Washington Post By Antonio Olivo A new member of Virginia’s Republican State Central Committee apologized over the weekend for posting anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric on Twitter and Facebook — […]
Source: RNS By Aysha Khan (RNS) When Laila Alawa woke up on a recent morning, her phone wouldn’t stop pinging with Twitter notifications. “You’re not American, you’re a terrorist sympathizer […]
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN > PUNJAB By Rana TanveerPublished: June 25, 2016 LAHORE: The unrelenting nationwide anti-Ahmadiyya campaign took a perturbing turn on Friday with a preeminent body calling for donations to curb Ahmadiyyat worldwide with an advert placed across all editions of a leading Urdu daily. The move […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ellen Nakashima President Obama suggested that extremist information spread online inspired a Florida man to commit the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at a […]
Source: Motto By Melissa Chan Women on social media are using the hashtag #NoWomanEver to share stories of harassment they experienced with male strangers who approach them in public places […]
Source: The Guardian: By Sarah Lyons-Padilla, who is a research scientist at Stanford SPARQ: Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions The evidence shows that alienating an entire religious community, as Donald […]
Source: Time By Darlena Cunha Darlena Cunha is a contributor to TIME. The Internet has all but extinguished any hope parents ever had It’s impossible to be a parent in 2016. […]
Each false atrocity bleeds into the body of evidence of other, real crimes, contaminating the truth for decades to come Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices We all know the problem. […]
Source: BBC The Council of Islamic Ideology has recently advised the Pakistani government that husbands should be allowed to ‘lightly beat’ their wives. In response, Pakistani women have been rallying behind the hashtag #TryBeatingMeLightly, with strong messages saying how they would respond if someone tried to ‘lightly beat’ them. Trending […]