Tag: social networks
Sportswoman Elnaz Rekabi back in Iran
The Iranian sportswoman Elnaz Rekabi, who had participated without a veil in the Asian climbing championships in South Korea, returned to Tehran on Wednesday October 19, greeted like a hero…
YouTube, Meta and Microsoft pledge to expand their fight against online extremism
Big tech companies have pledged to take further action to counter extremism online by removing more violent content and promoting media literacy among young users. As part of a summit…
a tweet from the Kenyan president that raises questions
On Wednesday, September 14, William Ruto announced in a tweet the severance of his diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), before deleting it a few hours later.…
Hindu nationalists call for banning ‘beef eaters’ in temples
In India, a very famous couple of actors were prevented from going to a temple because of a decade-old tweet in which one of them said to eat beef, a…
“occupied Versailles, the castle in the Second World War”, an untold page of history
It is one of the most visited monuments in France, and yet some parts of its history are still poorly understood. Since Saturday, September 3, the Palace of Versailles has…
Newsguard tracks misinformation and identifies its myths
Chine Labbé is the Europe editor of NewsGuard, a company that studies the dissemination of information online. The media workshop received her to discuss the phenomena of misinformation around the…
Ukraine, disinformation… Emmanuel Macron traces the roadmap
Almost two hours of speeches to reconnect with an annual exercise that the Covid had prevented in recent years. Emmanuel Macron addressed this Thursday morning to the ambassadors who represent…
American women betrayed by their smartphones, Washington files a complaint
The United States Consumer Protection Agency on Monday (August 29th) sued a data collection company for selling anti-abortion groups the geolocation information of ” hundreds of thousands of mobile phones.…
Twitter’s former cybersecurity chief accuses it of gross negligence
The former head of social network security accused the American firm of not putting in place measures to guarantee the safety of its users. He also denounces the existence of…
Gaslighting: a phenomenon that is spreading on social networks
News Published on 07/30/2022 at 2:21 p.m. Updated 07/30/2022 at 2:21 p.m. Reading 2 mins. This technique of psychological manipulation most often concerns women. But, there are ways to protect…