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Facebook aiding probe of France live-streamed killing
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - Facebook said Tuesday it was cooperating with French authorities probing the killing of a police commander and his partner in an incident that included a live-streamed video statement on the leading social network.
Google denies monitoring accord with Israeli government
AFP, Published on 01/12/2015
» JERUSALEM - Internet giant Google on Monday denied a report from Israel's foreign ministry that it has reached an agreement with the government to jointly monitor YouTube videos inciting attacks.
Hackers target 20,000 French websites
AFP, Published on 16/01/2015
» PARIS - Almost 20,000 websites in France have come under attack from hackers in the aftermath of attacks by jihadist gunmen that killed 17 people last week, the defence ministry said Thursday.
French court says Twitter must identify racist tweeters
AFP, Published on 24/01/2013
» A French court ruled Thursday that Twitter, which has steadfastly refused calls to police its millions of users, must hand over data to help identify the authors of racist or anti-Semitic tweets.
US gun lobby silent on social media after shooting
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» The powerful US gun lobby has turned silent on social media, apparently suspending its Facebook page, after last week's school massacre that took the lives of 20 small children and six adults.
French Jewish body reports fresh hate messages on Twitter
AFP, Published on 23/10/2012
» France's Union of Jewish Students (UEJF), which last week forced Twitter to remove anti-Semitic posts under threat of legal action, said Monday it wanted the website to take off a new volley of hate messages.
Twitter 'to remove anti-Semitic posts' after legal threat
AFP, Published on 19/10/2012
» Twitter, a day after saying it blocked a neo-Nazi account in Germany in a global first, made another major concession Friday by agreeing to remove anti-Semitic posts in France, a lawyer said.
French Jews denounce 'anti-Semitic' flood on Twitter
AFP, Published on 16/10/2012
» French anti-racist and Jewish organisations on Monday condemned what they called a wave of anti-Semitism sweeping over the micro-blogging site Twitter using the hashtag #unbonjuif.
Hacker campaign targets US prison contractor
AFP, Published on 25/02/2012
» Hacker group Anonymous on Friday vandalized the website of a major US prison contractor in the latest salvo in an anti-police campaign.
Blackberry maker threatened for helping British police
AFP, Published on 10/08/2011
» Research In Motion was threatened with reprisals Tuesday if it released encrypted communications of its British Blackberry users to help British police quell days of violent looting.