Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changes
World
January 12, 2018
Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changes
Facebook Inc on Thursday began to change the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, the…
Sisi reactivates ‘Ask the President’ initiative to communicate with citizens
Egypt
January 10, 2018
Sisi reactivates ‘Ask the President’ initiative to communicate with citizens
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Wednesday the return of the “Ask the President” initiative, starting Wednesday January 10 until January…
Dem senators’ report warns of Russian meddling across Europe
World
January 10, 2018
Dem senators’ report warns of Russian meddling across Europe
A sweeping new report by congressional Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some…
Mark Zuckerberg makes ‘fixing’ Facebook a personal goal for 2018
World
January 5, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg makes ‘fixing’ Facebook a personal goal for 2018
Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday that he wants to focus on protecting Facebook users from abuse, defend against interference by nation-states…
WhatsApp back online in Egypt after one hour outage
Egypt
January 1, 2018
WhatsApp back online in Egypt after one hour outage
Many users in Egypt and neighboring countries experienced on Sunday an outage of the popular messaging service, WhatsApp, for an…
UK may use taxes to get tech giants to do more to fight extremism, minister says
World
December 31, 2017
UK may use taxes to get tech giants to do more to fight extremism, minister says
Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and Facebook unless they do more to combat online extremism…
Twitter faces backlash after suspending prominent Egyptian journalist Wael Abbas
Egypt
December 19, 2017
Twitter faces backlash after suspending prominent Egyptian journalist Wael Abbas
Twitter’s management came under fire from Egyptian and international activists after the social media giant suspended the Twitter account of…
Facebook abused dominant position, says German cartel office
Egypt
December 19, 2017
Facebook abused dominant position, says German cartel office
Germany’s cartel office has found that Facebook (FB.O) abused its dominant market position, challenging the US social network’s model of…
MP to propose draft law on imposing tax for Facebook, Twitter ads
Egypt
December 15, 2017
MP to propose draft law on imposing tax for Facebook, Twitter ads
A member of Egyptian parliament Mostafa Bakary said in media statements that he is working on proposing a draft law…
As ‘net neutrality’ vote nears, some brace for a long fight
World
December 14, 2017
As ‘net neutrality’ vote nears, some brace for a long fight
As the federal government prepares to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet, advocates of the…