Global spy attacks on politicians’ and journalists’ phones
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Two global attacks on politicians’, journalists’ and activists’ phones have been revealed over a few days. In both cases, Israel-made malware is said the be used to spy on phones.
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Controversial Danish cartoonist dies
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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard whose caricature of the Prophet Muhammad led to global outrage among Muslims, has died at the age of 86 after a long illness, Danish media reports.
Facebook hitting back at Biden for missed vaccination target
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Facebook is hitting back at president Joe Biden who said that social media is ”killing people” by allowing misinformation about covid and vaccine on their platforms. “At a time when
Biden says social media misinformation is “killing people”
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The Biden administration has lately several times put pressure on social media to act more strongly against misinformation about the pandemic and vaccination. At a meeting with reporters President Joe
Gender equality gap in traditional news media will take 67+ years to close
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It will take at least another 67 years to close the gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide, according to the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the largest
Reuters journalist killed in Afghanistan
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Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, Reuters reports quoting an Afghan commander.
WhatsApp’s multi-device spreading
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Facebook Engineering team announced a rollout of a limited public beta test for WhatsApp’s updated multi-device capability. This new capability would allow users to have WhatsApp on their phones and
Iranian hackers targeting military and defence industries
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A group of Iranian hackers have used Facebook and other platforms to target military personnel and companies in defence and aerospace industries in the US but also to a lesser
Facebook’s diversity report shows setback in women representation
Facebook’s efforts to increase diversity of its workforce have brought some progress during the past year – especially in terms of Black leaders’ representation – however overall its employees remain
Media organisations defending targeted ads
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More than 50 media and advertising organisations in an open letter argue to protect targeted advertising saying they oppose “the ban on targeted advertising that has been put forward by