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A year after Musk's Twitter takeover, X remains mired in turmoil
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - A year ago Elon Musk purchased X, formerly known as Twitter, taking the platform on a journey that has resulted in lost money, advertisers and trust.
Activists file case against Meta over Tigray hate posts
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» NAIROBI: An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country's war has joined a lawsuit against Meta that is seeking $1.6 billion from Facebook's parent company for allegedly fanning hate speech in Africa.
Shoot 'em up video game a refuge for war-scarred Afghans
AFP, Published on 05/06/2022
» KABUL: The crackle of gunfire. A gasp of a stranger. Explosions rumbling in the distance. In the Afghan capital of Kabul, such sounds would normally prompt panic.
'TikTok is having a bad war,' say disinformation experts
AFP, Published on 06/04/2022
» PARIS: The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say.
Fake news: Algorithms in the dock
AFP, Published on 14/07/2018
» PARIS - At the heart of the spread of fake news are the algorithms used by search engines, websites and social media which are often accused of pushing false or manipulated information regardless of the consequences.
US aims to draw line with Russia over hacking
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - With reprisals against Russia over what it says was meddling in the US presidential election, the Obama administration aims to draw a virtual line in the sand without sparking a war -- cyber or otherwise.
Lost treasures of Syria's Palmyra rise again in new 3D show
AFP, Published on 14/12/2016
» PARIS - Palmyra may just have fallen yet again to the Islamic State group, but a new "immersive" 3D show in Paris lets you walk through the Syrian city's classical colonnades as they were before the jihadists blew them to bits.
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.
Challenging jihadist propaganda online eggs on extremists: experts
AFP, Published on 03/11/2016
» QUEBEC CITY - Challenging online jihadist propaganda with counterarguments or shutting down extremist websites and social media accounts have little impact, and distract from the real threat, according to experts.
Hacking of DNC raises fears of cyber attack on US election
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» WASHINGTON - Can the US election be hacked?