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ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — A seven-year-old Syrian girl whose Twitter account from Aleppo gained international attention has fled her home amid heavy fighting, but she and her family are safe for now, her father told AFP Tuesday. With her mother’s help, Bana al-Abed had been posting heart-rending tweets in English on life in the besieged eastern districts of Syria’s Aleppo. But as Syrian government forces edged closer to their home in recent days, the Abed […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Twitter announced plans Thursday to cut nine percent of its workforce as the struggling social network reaffirmed its strategy to drive growth after failing to find a buyer. “We see a significant opportunity to increase growth as we continue to improve the core service,” chief executive Jack Dorsey said while releasing quarterly results showing more losses. “We have a clear plan, and we’re making the necessary changes to ensure Twitter […]
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO, United States | AFP | — Cyber attacks pounded the underpinnings of the internet Friday, crippling Twitter, Netflix and other major websites with the help of once-dumb devices made smart with online connections. Waves of attacks incapacitated a crucial piece of internet infrastructure, hampering or outright blocking access to popular online venues. “When I see something like this, I have to think state actor,” said Carbon Black national […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The twitter account of Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders was hacked on Tuesday, his ministry said, just hours after EU ministers failed to agree on a trade deal with Canada due to opposition by Belgium. “The personal twitter account of MFA Didier Reynders was hacked. The recent messages that are published on this account are not his,” the Belgian ministry of foreign affairs said in a tweet. The posting by Reynders […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The Walt Disney Company is evaluating a potential bid for Twitter, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Unconfirmed reports that Twitter is interested in selling itself buoyed the San Francisco-based company’s shares at the end of last week, and the stock price rose around a percentage point on Monday as talk of Disney’s interest spread. Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey is on […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 1) – Popular social media and micro-blogging site Twitter made the news after suspending almost 235,000 accounts for violating policies banning use of the platform to promote extremism in the first half of 2016. The company said that it has suspended a total of 360,000 accounts since June 2015. All of the accounts that are suspended promoted terrorism by posting hate speech, violent threats and terrorist propaganda online. Twitter is known worldwide for […]
(REUTERS) Brazilian police were searching for U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen on Wednesday after a judge issued an order preventing them from leaving the country until they clarified their accounts of how they were robbed at gunpoint. After checks at Rio’s international airport, police sources said they believed Lochte had already left Brazil where he won a relay gold medal in the Olympic swimming competition that ended on Saturday. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Social networking service, Twitter, will form the first “Twitter Barangay Hall” for President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, the Twitter Barangay Hall will help President Duterte give his announcements to the public. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/2koJFkYyaxw
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The following is a selection of reaction on Twitter to New York billionaire Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday accepting the Republican Party nomination for president: Bernie Sanders, former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination @BernieSanders Trump: “I alone can fix this.” Is this guy running for president or dictator? Laura Ingraham, conservative host of the Laura Ingraham Show @IngrahamAngle This is @realDonaldTrump broadening the base of the GOP. The inner […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — It is time for China to do a #CHexit from the South China Sea, social media users and activists in the Philippines said Monday on the eve of a crucial tribunal ruling. Inspired by the Brexit term coined for Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the catchy new reference for China has quickly gained currency on Facebook, Twitter and protest placards ahead of Tuesday’s verdict on Beijing’s claims to most […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter said Monday it was acquiring British-based artificial intelligence startup Magic Pony to bolster its capacity for analysis of visual content. Magic Pony’s technology, based on research to create algorithms that can understand the features of imagery “will be used to enhance our strength in live and video and opens up a whole lot of exciting creative possibilities for Twitter,” said Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey in a […]
(Reuters) The family of a California design student killed in November’s attacks in Paris sued Twitter Inc, Google and Facebook Inc, claiming the social media companies provide “material support” to the militant group Islamic State. Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, asking the court to rule that the companies are violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act. It seeks compensatory damages to be determined by the court. “For […]
