Showing 1 - 7 of 7
Sublime! 'Barbie' tops $1bn globally in first for solo woman director
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's pink wave has yet to crest as Warner Bros.' "Barbie" dominated for a third straight weekend in North American theaters, pushing the film's global haul past $1 billion in a first for a woman director, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.
'Barbie' trounces 'Oppenheimer' at N.American box offices in 'historic' weekend
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» LOS ANGELES - With legions of pink-clad moviegoers swarming theaters, Warner Bros.' "Barbie" conquered North American box offices in its debut weekend, raking in $155 million, Sunday estimates showed -- nearly double the cash of its second-place competitor.
TikTok search results rife with misinformation: report
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: TikTok is serving up misinformation to users searching for news about politics, climate change, Covid-19, the war in Ukraine and more, according to a report released Wednesday.
After Facebook, Twitter ban, Trump fans and extremists turn elsewhere
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Gab instead of Twitter, MeWe over Facebook, Telegram for messaging and Discord for insiders -- banned from mainstream platforms, US conspiracy and supremacist movements, many of which support Donald Trump, have shifted to networks that are more confidential, and harder to regulate.
QAnon conspiracies go global in pandemic 'perfect storm'
AFP, Published on 06/10/2020
» HONG KONG: Powered by fear, anger and big tech's algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the pandemic.
Facebook boots QAnon groups for ties to violence
AFP, Published on 20/08/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Wednesday said it has removed hundreds of groups tied to the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory and imposed restrictions on nearly 2,000 more as part of a crackdown on stoking violence.
Twitter takes down QAnon conspiracy theorist accounts
AFP, Published on 22/07/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has removed more than 7,000 accounts linked to the "QAnon" movement over abuse and harassment concerns, saying Tuesday it will limit the spread of conspiracy theories by its supporters.