The case had returned the spotlight to a rampant practice of “honor killings” in Pakistan. The assailants often go free because the victim’s family forgives the killer.
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Egypt Protests Came as a Total Shock. The Man Behind Them Is Just as Surprising.
The videos of a potty-mouthed millionaire, who cheerfully insults the president, spurred protests across Egypt. His influence came out of the blue; no one knows how far it can go or long it can last.
Facebook Suspends Netanyahu Campaign Bot for Hate Speech
A message sent out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign accused Israel’s Arab politicians of wanting “to destroy us all.”
E.U.’s New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big Tech on the Planet’
Margrethe Vestager, whose billion-dollar fines have made her loathed by Silicon Valley, has won new powers that give her unrivaled regulatory reach. President Trump says she “hates the United States.”
‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers
After protesters were killed in Sudan, an obscure Egyptian company ramped up a covert influence operation that spanned the Middle East and North Africa.
The World’s First Ambassador to the Tech Industry
Denmark appointed him to approach Silicon Valley as if it were a global superpower. His challenges show how smaller countries struggle to influence giant corporations.
China’s Soft-Power Failure: Condemning Hong Kong’s Protests
Beijing wants greater sway over global public opinion. Instead, its propaganda outlets make Chinese leaders look like bullies.
We Wanted to Know How Online Radicalization Was Changing the World. We Started With Brazil.
What we found there, for an article and an episode of “The Weekly,” went far beyond anything we had anticipated, with important, disturbing lessons for us all.
Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought.
Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network and the United States military appear helpless to stop.
5 Things to Know About Military Romance Scams on Facebook
Here’s how victims are hooked, and what Facebook and the United States military say they can (and cannot) do about it.