Two thousand and twenty-one will go down in the books as another tough year. But recounting all the bad things that happened in 2021 makes it easy to overlook the good things that happened. And good things happened. Here, in no particular order, are five good news stories related toRead More →
More than 200 Hong Kong police raided the offices of the independent website Stand News and arrested leaders of the news organization on Dec. 29, according to Western news outlets. Three women and three men were arrested, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). Among those arrested was DeniseRead More →
SEATTLE, December 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — SEO.co, a leading digital and content marketing agency with offices across Washington, Florida, and Arkansas, announces the brand new version of its own AI-powered blog and content writing service. It is one of the first such services in the industry. SEO.co, which was foundedRead More →
The playoff picture continues to take shape after the Week 16 results. Some of today’s highlights: The Bills regained control of the AFC East, Joe Burrow lit up the Ravens, the Rams are in the playoffs, and the Eagles are in control of their playoff fate as well. Additionally, theRead More →
A wave of school shooting threats circulating on TikTok and other social media prompted some US schools to close on Friday and others to increase police presence. Typically, the threats do not name specific schools, and local and federal officials said many lacked credibility. Still, the threats give a dateRead More →
Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter account, which has over 73 million followers, has been hacked. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter account was “very briefly compromised”, the Prime Minister’s Office said. A quickly deleted tweet from its main @narendramodi handle said that India had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender andRead More →
Previous victims of DDoS attacks include websites of advocacy groups, alternative media and Senator Richard Gordon The ABS-CBN News website is the latest victim of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which left the news site unreachable for a total of six hours on Saturday, December 11. Back onlineRead More →
President Erdogan said it was important to fight disinformation and propaganda “within the framework of the truth”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday described social media as one of the main threats to democracy. Erdogan’s government plans to pursue legislation to criminalize the dissemination of false information and disinformationRead More →
The Bundaberg Regional Council news website has come to the attention of Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, who has raised concerns about the perceived blur lines between news and marketing. Key points: Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher expresses concern over Council-funded publication Bundaberg Now is tagged as a “good news”Read More →
A weekly roundup of social media updates. We haven’t even made it through the holiday Christmas period, but brands and social media are already touting trends for the new year. Read on for Pinterest’s trend predictions for 2022, plus the latest updates to sweep LinkedIn’s creator mode and Instagram stories.Read More →
ICYMI: William Howard’s play of the month was still making waves with ASVEL adding this tweet almost a week later. “IT’S INSIDE !!!” ⏱ See you tonight, at 7 p.m. for the pre-game, then at 7:30 p.m. on OLPLAY to follow the match live and perhaps relive a moment ofRead More →
Most of the stories were tied to the Chinese Communist Party’s narrative of its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Twitter says it has removed 3,465 accounts operating as “state-backed information operations” that it linked to six countries: China, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Uganda and Venezuela. Most of the deleted profiles –Read More →