Egypt’s FRA denies rumours of non-banking finance branch closures
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) denied reports circulating on social media claiming it had ordered the…
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Egypt denies reports of new power cuts, calls document ‘fabricated’
Egypt’s Cabinet Media Centre on Saturday denied reports of new electricity load-shedding measures, saying a widely…
Egypt’s Supply Ministry denies false claims about Sudanese residents
Egyptian Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade on Wednesday denied circulating claims on social media attributing…
Fake link falsely attributed to Social Solidarity Min. for grants
Egypt’s Cabinet Media Centre denied reports circulating on social media claiming that the Ministry of Social…
Egypt’s Sisi: Arab region facing exceptional circumstances since 2011
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Wednesday that the Arab region has been going through exceptional…
Egypt says audio attributed to Transport Minister El-Wazir is ‘fabricated’
Egypt’s Ministry of Transport on Monday denied the authenticity of an audio recording circulating on social media…
TikTok LIVE introduces new monetisation guidelines to foster authentic, positive…
TikTok, the popular social media platform, has announced the rollout of updated Monetisation Guidelines for its…
TikTok under EU investigation for potential content violations
The European Union (EU) will investigate if ByteDance's TikTok has violated online content rules designed to…
Musk accuses media watchdog of slander, warns of legal action
Elon Musk on Saturday threatened to sue Media Matters, a media watchdog, and those who attacked his social media…
Watermelon: symbol of Palestinian resistance
The watermelon has long been an emblem of Palestinian resistance, with its colours that represent the Palestinian…
X to remove the block feature
Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, is set to remove the block feature, said owner Elon Musk said on…
#GamingonTikTok gets record views from Egypt, UAE, Saudi in H1
TikTok drew three trillion views from users across the globe in 2022 who were searching for gaming content.
Musk: verified accounts only can vote in Twitter polls
Elon Musk said on Monday that only verified Twitter users will be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15.
Egypt’s senate elections 2020 trending on social media in few days
Egypt's Senate Elections 2020 - where citizens are casting their ballots to choose their representatives in the…
Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, say organizers
Organisers of a Facebook Inc advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of…
Trump fans flocking to social media app Parler, its CEO begging liberals to join them
Jim Jordan, Elise Stefanik and Nikki Haley all have something in common, other than a strong affection towards…
U.S. President Trump’s push to regulate social media faces uphill battle at FCC
U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to regulate social media companies’ content decisions may face an uphill…
Egypt drafting new law to impose tax on social media ads, online services
Egypt’s Minister of Finance is close to finalising a draft law which will impose a tax on social media…
U.S. seeking social media details from all visa applicants
The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames,…
Egypt imposes 18% tax on social media ads
The Egyptian government has started collecting 18 percent on the value of advertising services on social media…
Egypt’s Sisi warns of social media dangers at World Youth Forum
The second day of the World Youth Forum in Sharm El-Sheikh kicked off on Monday with a roundtable discussion on…
Facebook now says data breach affected 29 mln users, details impact
Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated programme that moved from one…
Kidnapped Egyptian boy from El Shorouk City is finally back home
A young Egyptian child is finally back home after being kidnapped for five days, his family reported on Facebook,…
CIT Minister says Egypt seeks to establish new Facebook
Egypt has taken effective steps towards establishing an "Egyptian Facebook" as part of a plan to be an active…
We’ve seen an 82 percent jump in bitcoin-related jobs, says employment website CEO
Bitcoin-related jobs are the fastest growing category of role on international employment marketplace Freelancer,…
Facebook, in reversal, to publish cache of political ads
Facebook Inc (FB.O) announced a plan to increase transparency about its role in political advertising on Friday,…
Twitter to label election ads after U.S. regulatory threat
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would add labels to election-related advertisements and say who is behind each of…
Snap says removes Al Jazeera’s Discover Publisher channel in Saudi Arabia
Snap Inc has been asked by the Saudi Arabia government to remove the Al Jazeera Discover Publisher Channel in that…
Saudi Arabia calls for social media informants decried as ‘Orwellian’
Saudi Arabia has urged its people to report subversive comments spotted on social media via a phone app, a move…
Snap shares bounce off low; employees free to sell shares
Snap Inc shares rebounded on Monday from a record low in a volatile trading session as big investors…
Facebook OKs local firm’s launch of Moments-like app in China: New York Times
Facebook Inc, whose social media platform is blocked in China, authorized a local company to launch a…
Donald Trump says he won’t stay off social media
President Donald Trump may be trying for a reset in the West Wing, but he is making clear that he is not changing…
Snap closes below $17 IPO price amid fears insiders to dump shares
Shares of Snap on Monday fell below their IPO price for the first time, just ahead of a crucial period for the…
UAE puts the heat on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
The United Arab Emirates puts the screws on fellow Gulf state Qatar on Wednesday threatening anyone publishing…
Trump’s administration approves tougher visa vetting, including social media checks
The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for…
Thailand has no immediate plan to suspend Facebook, regulator says
Thailand has no immediate plan to block access to Facebook, the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday, as it expects…
Facebook CEO dinner hosts say he’s not running for president
An Ohio family that hosted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for dinner says he made it clear he wasn't planning to run…
Facebook gives peek inside unit studying brain-to-text technology
Facebook Inc on Wednesday pulled aside the curtain on a secretive unit headed by a former chief of the Pentagon's…
Turkish authorities investigating 10,000 social media accounts
Turkish authorities are investigating some 10,000 people on suspicion of using social media to support terrorism,…
YouTuber Adam Saleh ‘kicked off’ Delta Air Lines flight
A YouTube star's video about his removal from a Delta Air Lines flight has gone viral across social media. Adam…