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Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules
AFP, Published on 14/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a programme launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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London lab recreates horrors of war with 3D technology
AFP, Published on 02/09/2016
» LONDON - Starvation, torture and rape: the grim daily realities of prisoners inside Syria's Saidnaya military prison have been recreated in harrowing 3D detail by a London-based agency, established to highlight claims of rights abuses.
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South African woman fined $10,000 for racist Facebook rant
AFP, Published on 11/06/2016
» JOHANNESBURG - A South African court Friday fined a white estate agent $10,000 for comparing black beachgoers to monkeys in a Facebook post that sparked outrage over racist attitudes more than 20 years after apartheid ended.
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Uber says sexual assault rates low, disputes report
AFP, Published on 08/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - Uber hit back against a news story alleging that scores of passengers had filed rape complaints, releasing data showing only a small fraction of the alleged number of sex assault reports.
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Sweden in deal to quiz Assange in London
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden has reached a preliminary legal agreement with Ecuador that would pave the way for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned over a rape allegation, the Swedish government said Sunday.
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India's booming taxi-app firms endure bumpy ride
AFP, Published on 14/06/2015
» MUMBAI - India's ultra-competitive app-based taxi-hailing market has quickly become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but controversy surrounding safety, rejected licences and protesting cabbies threatens to slam the brakes on its spectacular rise.
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WikiLeaks releases Sony hack data
AFP, Published on 17/04/2015
» NEW YORK - WikiLeaks published thousands of documents on Thursday from last year's Sony hacking scandal, calling them an insight into the inner workings of a "secretive" firm.
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US 'aggressively' raising cybersecurity with China: official
AFP, Published on 14/04/2015
» BEIJING - Washington is "aggressively" warning Beijing over the repercussions of its demand that US tech firms should hand over their encryption keys if they want to do business in China, a top US official said Tuesday.
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FBI investigates pro-IS hacks: report
AFP, Published on 09/03/2015
» WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating a string of hacks that defaced US websites with imagery from the Islamic State jihadist group, NBC News reported on Monday.
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Video game makers grapple with need for diversity
AFP, Published on 06/03/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - An increasingly diverse fan base is challenging the video game industry to shake off its "boys only" image and better reflect the demographics of its exploding ranks of players.
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