Tag: social media

Social media trolls in Turkey attack German parliamentarians over Armenia resolution

Death threats against German parliamentarians on social media in Turkey are raising…

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Leaked exams and the demolition of institutions

I'll start in Algeria, where the scandal of a leaked baccalaureate exam…

Activists start campaign against solitary confinement on social media

Ahmed Douma has been kept in solitary confinement for three months, lawyer…

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MP calls for regulating social media, ‘especially Facebook’

Egypt recently blocked a Facebook service, purportedly for not allowing it to…

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Why Belgian police turned to social media for help

Merely 14 hours before the dual terror attacks in Brussels, a Belgian…

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Report details internet and social media use among Egyptians

Internet does not “facilitate interaction with government”, online advertising effective despite negative…

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Egypt shuts down Facebook’s Free Basics ahead of uprising anniversary

A free Facebook Internet service connecting more than three million Egyptians has…

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Social media succeeded impacting decision-making in 2015

Reham Saeed programme was suspended after social media outrage 

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Does the power of social media encourage herd mentality?

For the last two weeks, “Freska guy” – a university graduate who…

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Why trying to defeat the ‘Islamic State’ online misses the point

The 'Islamic State' is widely considered to be winning the social media…

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