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Iran president vetoes WhatsApp ban: reports
AFP, Published on 07/05/2014
» Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp, following a row over censorship of the popular messaging application, media reports said Wednesday.
India offers help to Samsung chief over court appearance
AFP, Published on 05/04/2014
» India will help Samsung in "whatever way" it can to avoid the South Korean company's chairman being forced to appear in an Indian court over a payment dispute, a top government official said Saturday.
Turkey labels YouTube leak a pre-election 'plot'
AFP, Published on 28/03/2014
» Turkey's embattled government vowed action Friday over the bugging of a security meeting on Syria which was leaked on YouTube, labelling it a conspiratorial "plot" ahead of key local elections.
Turkey says Twitter ban is to prevent 'character assassination'
AFP, Published on 22/03/2014
» Turkey's government on Saturday defended its internationally condemned ban on Twitter as a "preventive measure" to stop "character assassinations" following a wave of corruption investigation leaks.
Turkey PM threatens to 'wipe out' Twitter
AFP, Published on 20/03/2014
» Turkey's combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter after a number of audio recordings anonymously posted on social media purportedly exposed corruption in his inner circle.
Absent from Rome, pope remains present on Twitter
AFP, Published on 14/03/2014
» The tweet Pope Francis sent to 12 million followers on Thursday was the latest illustration of how important the micro-blogging site has become for the Church's communication with the faithful and non-believers.
Timeline of World Wide Web
AFP, Published on 09/03/2014
» While some concepts of the Internet date back to the 1950s, the public-facing World Wide Web traces its history back 25 years.
"Demokratia": mocking Russian politics through a videogame
AFP, Published on 06/03/2014
» Buy voters, divert public funds, become an all-powerful tsar: it's all part of the fun in videogame "Demokratia", whose merciless take on Russian politics has made it a runaway success in the land of Vladimir Putin.
Minister admits Iran cannot block Facebook forever
AFP, Published on 03/03/2014
» Iran will not be able to keep up forever its ban on legal access to Internet hubs such as Facebook, which has four million Iranian users, Culture Minister Ali Janati said Sunday.
Istanbul police fire tear gas on protest over Internet curbs
AFP, Published on 23/02/2014
» Turkish riot police in Istanbul fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday at around 3,000 people protesting new legislation tightening control of the Internet.