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Let’s not project our feelings onto Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
Culture
January 21, 2020
Let’s not project our feelings onto Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
(CNN) – Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt shared a few laughs and showed common courtesy at the SAG Awards. Now…
Businessman Ahmed Abou Hashima claims circulated clips are ‘fabricated’
Egypt
January 21, 2020
Businessman Ahmed Abou Hashima claims circulated clips are ‘fabricated’
Egyptian entrepreneur and CEO of Egyptian Steel and Egyptian Cement Ahmed Abou Hashima has claimed that video clips recently circulated…
Burned tigers, rescued kangaroos: Australia bushfire disinformation
World
January 8, 2020
Burned tigers, rescued kangaroos: Australia bushfire disinformation
Tiger burns in Australia’s bushfires? It’s a 2012 photo from Indonesia. Young girl rescues koala? Actually an artist’s impression. Social…
Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation
World
January 7, 2020
Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation
LONDON (AP) — Facebook says it is banning “deepfake” videos, the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and…
India bids to bust citizenship law ‘myths’ with cartoon Muslims
World
December 23, 2019
India bids to bust citizenship law ‘myths’ with cartoon Muslims
India’s ruling party launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media Monday as part of a publicity blitz…
Environment Ministry debunks video of strange sounds in Marsa Matrouh
Environment
December 23, 2019
Environment Ministry debunks video of strange sounds in Marsa Matrouh
The head of the Nature Conservation Sector at the Ministry of Environment, Mohammed Salim, debunked a video recording of what…
Twitter, Facebook target state-linked accounts made to manipulate
Technology
December 21, 2019
Twitter, Facebook target state-linked accounts made to manipulate
Facebook and Twitter on Friday said they had blocked multiple government-backed manipulation operations around the world, several of which favored…
Media reports 9 female prisoners go on hunger strike against ill-treatment
Egypt
December 18, 2019
Media reports 9 female prisoners go on hunger strike against ill-treatment
Media outlets quoted former presidential hopeful and rights lawyer Khaled Ali reporting that nine female prisoners in al-Qanater prison were…
Twitter announces Egypt’s top highlights in 2019
Life & Style
December 17, 2019
Twitter announces Egypt’s top highlights in 2019
Marking the end of 2019, Twitter has revealed Egypt’s top highlights from the year – including hashtags, events, the most…
Lujain Salah defies vitiligo to become TV channel correspondent
Life & Style
December 13, 2019
Lujain Salah defies vitiligo to become TV channel correspondent
Lujain Salah, an Egyptian social media influencer with vitiligo, announced on Wednesday that she has finally made it to her dream…