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Facebook, Instagram roll out paid subscription
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free.
Facebook content moderators call for better treatment
AFP, Published on 27/10/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: As Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg prepares to be grilled by a Senate committee about the handling of politically-charged posts, content moderators are insisting that properly valuing their work is key.
Growing fears of IS use of weaponised drones
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» BAGHDAD - The Mosul battle in Iraq has seen the Islamic State group increasingly resort to weaponised drones, which Western governments fear could lead to a new type of attack at home.
Britain approves extradition of alleged hacker to US
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» LONDON - Britain's interior minister on Monday ordered the extradition to the United States of a man accused of hacking into thousands of US government computers.
US military website offers extensive detail on hurricane
AFP, Published on 07/10/2016
» MIAMI - From a special storm website created by a US military agency to a state's interactive map of evacuation routes, the authorities are mobilizing digital tools to help millions of people cope with the devastating passage of Hurricane Matthew.
US military's cyber force reluctant to cut Internet in Syria
AFP, Published on 23/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - The US military is wary of cutting Internet connections to Islamic State strongholds such as Raqa in Syria, even though the Pentagon is waging cyber-war against the jihadists, officials said Wednesday.
Family of Angolan rebel Savimbi sue 'Call of Duty' makers
AFP, Published on 02/02/2016
» NANTERRE (FRANCE) - The children of slain Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi will try to convince a French court Wednesday that the wildly popular video game "Call of Duty" defamed their father by representing him as a "barbarian".
Czech PM's Twitter hacked with anti-immigrant messages
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's Twitter account fell prey Wednesday to hackers who swamped it with violently anti-immigrant messages.
Bangladesh lifts ban on Facebook
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» DHAKA - Bangladesh on Thursday lifted a ban on Facebook, three weeks after it was imposed for security reasons in the tense country, but mobile messaging apps remained barred, the telecoms minister said.
Vice goes dark, protests Turkey reporter detention
AFP, Published on 21/10/2015
» WASHINGTON - Vice Media's website went dark Wednesday to protest the detention in Turkey of one of its journalists reporting on anti-government unrest in the Kurdish-dominated southeast.