Headlines- After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
- On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: Social Media Watch
Facebook Accounts in Line With Beijing’s...
In an investigation into inauthentic activity on Facebook, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found that fake accounts are posting content in English and Chinese “that support[s] the political objectives of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”
Taiwan to Ban Chinese Media Apps...
Taiwan’s communications regulator said it will ban individuals, companies, and other organizations from transmitting content originating in China via the internet from Sept. 3
WeChat ‘Extends China’s Internet’ to Wherever...
Launched by Tencent in 2011, WeChat now has more than 1.1 billion users, second only to WhatsApp and Facebook, but the company keeps users behind China’s complex system of blocks, filters and human censorship known as the Great Firewall, even when they are physically in another country
Talk of Banning TikTok Sparks Calls...
U.S. President Donald Trump will take action “in the coming days” against TikTok, as it poses a national security risk, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Aug. 3, accusing the platform of “feeding data directly to the Chinese Communist Party.”
Critics Warn of Deception as Myanmar...
The military opened the accounts on Facebook — the most popular social media platform in the country, with 33 million users — to counter what he called misinformation and fake news, he said, adding that the army would follow Facebook’s community standards.
Facebook Says It Dismantles Disinformation Network...
The Islamic Republic has emerged as one of the most persistent players in online influence operations, as Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet’s Google have had to grapple with state-backed groups using social media to further their geopolitical agendas and spread disinformation
Stay Away from Social Media Disinformation
Misinformations relating to Coronavirus conspiracy theories from the Internet always try to get informations from authentic and reliable sources such as WHO and websites of traditional media websites whether newspapers, magazines, News Channels or Radio Stations or authentic online news portal which maintain journalism excellence and reportorial talent.Ignore social media messages with no authenticity
Uganda Politics Poetry
Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending over a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time behind bars to write a book and is inspiring others to use poetry to express their political opinions. But as Halima Athumani reports from Kampala, Uganda’s public prosecutor plans to appeal her acquittal
Now Crimes Being Related to TikTok...
After a temporary ban on the app last year by Madras High Court, the app is back in India after a fried hiatus. And if user numbers of 2019 is anything to go by, TikTok is set to become more popular
Facebook Again Declines to Limit Political...
Since last fall, Facebook has insisted that it won’t fact-check political ads, a move that critics say gives politicians license to lie in ads that can’t be easily monitored by outsiders