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China deletes 1.4 million social media posts in crack down on ‘self-media’ accounts

  • About 67,000 social media accounts closed and hundreds of thousands of posts between March 10 and May 22 deleted
  • Beijing frequently arrests citizens and censors accounts for publishing or sharing factual information considered sensitive or critical
By Reuters ·

Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO for Twitter, a woman who will start in 6 weeks

By AP ·

Free bird: Indian man asks zoo for feathered friend’s release

By AFP ·

‘Cleanfluencers’ sweep TikTok, drawing millions

By AFP ·

Man gets 3-year banning order for racially abusing Toney

By AP ·

Russian activist jailed for anti-Ukraine war posts

By AP ·

Elon Musk hopes to have Twitter CEO toward the end of year

By Arab News ·

Turkiye arrests 78 over earthquake social media posts

By Reuters ·

Google to expand misinformation ‘prebunking’ in Europe

By AP ·
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‘Extension of their personality’: Meet Pakistani TikTokers taking style risks to amass followers

By BURAQ SHABBIR ·
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Pakistani celebrities plan legal action against actor Feroze Khan for disclosing personal information

By BURAQ SHABBIR ·

French federation to go after abusers of World Cup players

By AP ·

Elon Musk’s team seeks new funding for Twitter — investor

By Reuters ·

Biden admin tells Supreme Court law protecting social media companies has limits

By Reuters ·

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if US Congress passes media bill

By Reuters ·

Vietnam to require 24-hour take-down for ‘false’ social media content

By Reuters ·

Musk says Twitter will charge $8/month for blue check mark

By Reuters ·

Pakistan to empower investigation agency to act against social media posts targeting state institutions

By Arab News Pakistan ·

Turkish competition board fines Meta Platforms $18.6 million, tech giant disagrees

By Reuters ·

How social media storm unleashed in India fueled Hindu-Muslim unrest in UK — experts

By Reuters ·
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A ‘key trend’ in latest Arab Youth Survey is ‘decline in news consumption’

By Zaira Lakhpatwala ·

Pentagon orders audit of its social media campaigns

By Arab News ·

Snap cutting 20 percent of staff as ad sales continue to dry up

By Arab News ·

India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll, whistleblower says

By Reuters ·

Finnish PM takes drugs test after party video causes stir

By Reuters ·

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