After criticizing the United Arab Emirates on social media, an Egyptian activist was extradited to the Gulf country, where he has been detained without trial for months.
Tag: Social Media
Women in Indian Sports Sweat for Their Share of a Booming Market
Female athletes are using social media to increase viewership and seek better sponsorship deals in a field long dominated by men.
Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.
China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.
False Flags, Fake Flags: Propaganda Muddles the Trump-Putin Meeting
The summit in Alaska between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has unleashed a wave of propaganda and disinformation from Russian state media and online conspiracy theorists.
False Flags, Fake Flags: Propaganda Muddles the Trump-Putin Meeting
The summit in Alaska between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has unleashed a wave of propaganda and disinformation from Russian state media and online conspiracy theorists.
The U.S. Says Britain Is Chilling Free Speech. Many Britons Point the Finger Back.
To some in the U.K., the criticisms from the American right over arrests of people for hate speech seem hypocritical, given President Trump’s attacks on those who disagree with him.
Should Soccer Star Son Heung-min Have Held an Umbrella for a Female Reporter?
A photo of Son Heung-min set off a heated debate online that laid bare the intense emotions surrounding South Korea’s gender divide.
Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet
The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be preparing to block WhatsApp and Telegram.
Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet
The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be preparing to block WhatsApp and Telegram.
The Latest Casualty of Social Media Hype Is Your Matcha Supply
The powdered Japanese green tea is increasingly hard to find. Experts say its popularity on the internet is straining Japan’s tea industry.