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Instagram tops 400 million users
AFP, Published on 23/09/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Instagram has rocketed past the 400-million-user mark, with more than 80 million pictures shared daily at the Facebook-owned service.
Daily Mirror faces high-profile hacking claims
AFP, Published on 23/10/2012
» Ex-England football boss Sven-Goran Eriksson and a former nanny to the Beckham family are taking legal action against Britain's Mirror Group Newspapers over alleged phone hacking, according to Sky News.
Google social network adding verified accounts
AFP, Published on 14/08/2012
» Google announced that it will let users of its online social network have verified accounts with names or brands in a manner similar to that offered at Facebook and Twitter.
Nine held for naming UK footballer's rape victim online
AFP, Published on 02/05/2012
» British police arrested nine people Tuesday for naming a woman raped by footballer Ched Evans on social networking sites, bringing to 12 the number arrested over online circulation of the woman's name.
Council 'gets Twitter data' after court battle
AFP, Published on 30/05/2011
» An English local authority said it had forced Twitter to hand over users' details after it took the US microblogging site to court in California, in what is believed the first case of its kind in Britain.
Scottish paper identifies 'gag order' footballer
AFP, Published on 21/05/2011
» A Scottish newspaper identified on Sunday the British footballer who is reportedly using the courts to keep details of an alleged affair secret and who has already been named on Twitter.
A footballer takes legal action for Twitter details
AFP, Published on 21/05/2011
» A British footballer is taking legal action to force Twitter to give the details of users who broke a gagging order granting him anonymity over an alleged affair, according to his lawyers.
Abuse prompts United star to sign off Twitter
AFP, Published on 26/04/2011
» Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson was forced to cancel his newly-created Twitter account on Monday after just two hours when the Irish international was subjected to a tirade of abuse.
Sharing favourite meal helps feed world's young hungry
AFP, Published on 19/04/2011
» From sushi to pizza or spicy chicken curry, favourite meals are being transformed into cash for school dinners to feed the world's hungry in a new social networking scheme from the World Food Programme.
Messi Facebook page draws over 6 million
AFP, Published on 07/04/2011
» Following tens of millions of other social media fans worldwide, Barcelona midfield star Lionel Messi set up a Facebook page on Wednesday.