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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...
The World Bank has halted all paid advertising on X, formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation revealed that its ads appear under racist content. CBS News discovered a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers posting offensive imagery and pro-Nazi rhetoric, with World Bank ads featured in the comments. The organization condem...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Four Palestinian journalists were injured by Israeli army fire in the West Bank town of Kafr Dan, the Red Crescent Society said. The society said two journalists were treated on the spot by its medics while two others were transferred to hospital. Jaraah Khalaf, one of the injured journalists, said he […]
A Pakistani court has acquitted a freelance journalist who was accused of spreading false news that incited riots against Muslims in the UK. The court’s decision followed a Federal Investigation Authority report clearing Farhan Asif of the charges. Arrested in Lahore last week, Asif was initially blamed for spreading misinformation about a sta...
