Stop junk food ads on kids’ apps: WHO
Children need to be protected from pervasive junk food adverts in apps, social media and video blogs, the World…
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Jordanian writer shot dead outside court ahead of cartoon trial
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on…
Twitter enters talks with tech companies over sale: source
Twitter Inc has initiated talks with several technology companies to explore selling itself, a person familiar with…
Social media effective business tool for SMEs in Arab world: Orient planet
A report issued by Orient Planet Research about social media as a business tool for small and medium-sized…
Bassem Youssef faces backlash following Armed forces comments
Comments made on social media by political satirist Bassem Youssef sparked the ire of Egyptians this week, after he…
Charlie Hebdo Italy earthquake cartoon sparks anger
Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has been criticised on social media for a cartoon depicting Italian…
Top Social Media networks are ‘recruiting platforms’ for terrorists: Lawmakers
Social media firms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are "consciously failing" to stop their sites from being…
Apple survives anti-U.S. demo in China, where patriotic protests snowball
Apple Inc found itself on the receiving end of a small, short-lived anti-U.S. protest this week in China, the tech…
Facebook faces $1 billion lawsuit, accused of giving a platform to Hamas
Facebook Inc. is facing a $1 billion lawsuit, according to multiple media reports. Relatives of Israeli and…
From tweets to streets, Zimbabwe social media anger breaks out into anti-Mugabe protests
Organizers of a general strike against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe pledged on Thursday to continue action…