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US urges social media platforms to block Iran officials
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US urges social media platforms to block Iran officials

The US State Department on Saturday called on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to suspend the accounts of Iranian government leaders…
Asmaa Sherif Mounir apologizes for her offensive comments about Sheikh Shaarawy
Culture

Asmaa Sherif Mounir apologizes for her offensive comments about Sheikh Shaarawy

Beauty expert and TV presenter Asmaa Sherif Mounir officially apologized for her criticism of late prominent Sheikh Mohamed Metwaly El-Shaarawy…
Facebook says it will deliver News Corp stories
Technology

Facebook says it will deliver News Corp stories

Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be among the…
Facebook researchers use maths for better translations
Technology

Facebook researchers use maths for better translations

Designers of machine translation tools still mostly rely on dictionaries to make a foreign language understandable. But now there is…
Social networks face quandary on politics in misinformation fight
World

Social networks face quandary on politics in misinformation fight

As social media firms ramp up their fight against misinformation, politicians have been largely left exempt. To some, that’s a…
Facebook removes hundreds of fake accounts in UAE and Egypt
Technology

Facebook removes hundreds of fake accounts in UAE and Egypt

Facebook announced on Thursday the removal of hundreds of fake Facebook accounts, pages and groups split into two lists. The…
Facebook hides ‘likes’ in Australia trial to ease anxiety
World

Facebook hides ‘likes’ in Australia trial to ease anxiety

Facebook has begun hiding the number of “likes” for posts in Australia, it said Friday, a trial designed to ease…
Gouna Film Festival signs content development protocol with Facebook
Cinema/TV

Gouna Film Festival signs content development protocol with Facebook

The Gouna Film Festival’s (GFF) administration on Wednesday signed a cooperation protocol with the Facebook company to use Facebook and…
Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
World

Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking

Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced Tuesday ahead of the US…
Tech giants beef up body to fight extremist content
World

Tech giants beef up body to fight extremist content

Social media companies led by Facebook said Monday they were ramping up an industry body that aims to weed out…
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