US urges social media platforms to block Iran officials
Middle East
November 24, 2019
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
November 8, 2019
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
October 19, 2019
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
October 13, 2019
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
October 10, 2019
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
October 4, 2019
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
September 27, 2019
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
September 25, 2019
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
September 25, 2019
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
September 24, 2019
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…