Tag: Social media
Michigan Republican wants to register fact-checkers
<p>LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan Republican known for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election has turned his attention to those who fact-check...
Prosecutors shelves probe of gang rape that shocked Egypt
CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors said they have shelved their months-long investigation into an alleged 2014 gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by young men...
2 face trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic
<p>TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than a year after two amateur computer coders were taken by police from their Beijing homes, they are set to...
Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
<p>BRUSSELS — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media....
German watchdog bans Facebook from processing Whatsapp data
<p>LONDON — A German privacy regulator banned Facebook on Tuesday from gathering data on WhatsApp users, citing an update to its privacy policy that...
2 face trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic
TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than a year after two amateur computer coders were taken by police from their Beijing homes, they are set to...
Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
BRUSSELS — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media....
German watchdog bans Facebook from processing Whatsapp data
LONDON — A German privacy regulator banned Facebook on Tuesday from gathering data on WhatsApp users, citing an update to its privacy policy that...
‘Horrifying’ robbery at home of Israel, PSV striker Zahavi
<p>THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The wife of PSV Eindhoven and Israel striker Eran Zahavi said Monday she was the victim of a “horrifying experience”...
AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
<p>A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of...