Egypt unveils $53B Gaza rebuilding plan
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Toronto, Canada — AFP Frank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children. In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, while [&hellip...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing significant mental health risks for adolescents. In an op-ed for The New York Times, Murthy highlighted the platforms’ role in exacerbating a youth mental health crisis and urged congressional action for regulatory measures. Experts and advocacy groups...
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has dismissed allegations made in an Israeli government-sponsored Google ad campaign as “simply untrue.” The campaign, appearing as sponsored links in searches for “UNRWA,” accuses the agency of compromising its neutrality. It links to a website making various claims, incl...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has extended the closure of the Qatari Al Jazeera television. “We will not allow the Al Jazeera terrorist channel to broadcast in Israel and endanger our soldiers,” Kahri said in a statement. The Israeli minister claimed that the ban was “unanimously adopted by the government, based...
Anadolu news agency photojournalist Fatih Aktas faced police violence while covering a Free Palestine demonstration in Brooklyn, New York. Video footage reveals Aktas being shoved by a police officer, causing him to fall to the ground and injuring his elbow. Despite the injury, Aktas persisted in covering the story with the support of his col...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the popular short video platform, despite his attempts to ban the app during his presidency. Trump’s first post on the platform was a brief 13-second clip on Saturday, seemingly recorded during his attendance at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in the state...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a third complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging war crimes against journalists in Gaza. They have accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of killing eight Palestinian journalists and injuring another between December and May. Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed more than 100...
A Sudanese film producer defied censorship on Palestinian content on social media by creatively evading algorithms. Due to restrictions placed on mentioning “Gaza” or “Palestine” because of Israeli pressure, Amjad Al Nour utilized ambiguous language and mixed signals to circumvent detection. He has been raising awarenes...
Meta’s Oversight Board has received more than 2,300 comments relating to the use of the phrase “from the river to the sea” on Facebook and Instagram in the context of activism and self-determination for Palestine. The 22-member board is still deciding whether the phrase constitutes hate speech. This is specifically in the co...
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett made a splash on the red-carpet ceremony of the film ‘The Apprentice’ at the 77th Cannes Film Festival by wearing a dress with the colors of the Palestinian flag. The dress featured a black front and a pink back that appeared white in photographs due to an optical illusion, with a […]
