GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel has killed another Palestinian journalist in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, taking the death toll since last October 7 to 174. The government media office in a statement identified the new victim as Wafa Aludaini, without giving any details about the circumstances of her death. It said Aludaini [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump has threatened to prosecute Google if he wins the 2024 election, accusing the tech giant of manipulating search results to favor Vice President Kamala Harris. In a post on Truth Social, Trump alleged that Google operates an “illegal” system that prioritizes negative stories about him while...
ATHENS (AA) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) staged protests in 10 countries across the world to pay homage to the journalists killed in Gaza. The non-profit in a statement said the Israeli army, since last October, has killed over 130 journalists in the Palestinian enclave. The protests were organized in Germany, Brazil, Spain...
Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch is seeking to transfer voting rights of his family’s trust to his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch. Analysts say the move aims to keep Fox News under conservative leadership after his passing. In a Reno, Nevada court, he argued that granting Lachlan Murdoch control is in the best interest of all […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli forces raided and closed the office of Qatar-based Al Jazeera television in the West Bank city of Ramallah early Sunday. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli authorities ordered the staff to leave the premises before shutting down the office. This came amid escalating tensions in the region, with incre...
A new report reveals that leading social media and video streaming companies have engaged in extensive surveillance of users, raising serious privacy concerns. The investigation highlights lax privacy controls and insufficient protections for children and teens, with companies monetizing personal data without adequate safeguards. Major platf...
Instagram is rolling out new Teen Accounts, automatically placing teens under built-in protections to enhance their safety on the platform. The move was announced by parent company Meta. It aims to limit who can contact teens, the content they view, and ensure meaningful time spent online. Meta claims that this will provide parents with peac...
In a bid to combat “disinformation,” the African continental Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is set to launch a new web television platform. This follows the closure of several French media outlets in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. This initiative aims to enhance the credibility of the AES, which was formed last September to tackle ...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The legal battle over banning TikTok in the US and removing the Chinese social media and video-sharing platform from app stores nationwide got underway Monday in a federal appeals court. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance argued to a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. […]
PERPIGNAN, France (AA) – Palestinian photographer Loay Ayyoub won the top prize Sunday at the Visa pour l’image festival in Perpignan, France, one of the world’s most prestigious photojournalism competitions. Ayyoub was awarded for his powerful photograph depicting the human suffering in Gaza. In his acceptance speech, delive...
