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Free news gets scarcer as paywalls tighten
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: For those looking for free news online, the search is becoming harder.
Major tech firms team up to curb 'terrorist content'
AFP, Published on 06/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - Major US tech firms announced on Monday they would work together to curb the spread of online "terrorist content", responding to pressure from governments around the world.
'Like' me, 'like' me: Cambodian PM woos youth vote online
AFP, Published on 18/01/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Looking more avuncular than authoritarian, Cambodian premier Hun Sen crouches for a selfie for his Facebook page with young scouts -- part of a social media blitz selling the strongman's cuddlier side as he seeks to extend a 30-year grip on power.
Hopes for peace as Myanmar ethnic Karen celebrate
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» Myanmar's ethnic minority Karen rung in their New Year with song, dance and traditional kickboxing, in celebrations a day before fresh efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the country's myriad rebel conflicts.
China internet czar defends web policies
AFP, Published on 14/12/2015
» BEIJING - China's internet chief fiercely defended his country's strict management of the web last week, saying that censorship of content Beijing deems illegal is necessary to protect online freedoms.
With Asia's dating apps, love by numbers or chaperone
AFP, Published on 29/07/2015
» HONG KONG - Move over Tinder -- a crop of dating apps in smartphone-addicted Asia is offering to recruit friends for group dates or send along a chaperone to steer the course of romance.
Young adults want news, not the newspaper
AFP, Published on 17/03/2015
» WASHINGTON - America's young adults want news, but few want to read a newspaper. And most stumble onto news while on Facebook or other social networks.