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How Nigeria’s Twitter ban harms its own people

By barring 40 million users from using the platform, the government has effectively silenced ordinary Nigerians and taken away financial opportunities from them.

Bitcoin could become a legal tender in El Salvador

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said that he will send a bill to Congress next week to make bitcoin legal tender in the Central American nation, touting its potential to help Salvadorans living abroad send remittances home.

#SheikhJarrah still a hot topic on social media as struggle continues

Hashtags #SaveSheikhJarrah and #SheikhJarrah still raising awareness on social media about Israel's illegal eviction of Palestinians from their land and homes in occupied East Jerusalem.

India warns Twitter to comply with tough new social media laws

India's Electronics and Information Technology Ministry sends a letter to Twitter as a "final notice", otherwise the company “shall be liable to consequences" if it does not agree to restrict content criticising PM Narendra Modi’s government.

Nigeria 'indefinitely' suspends Twitter in country

Social media giant was being used for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence," officials say.

French influencers snub mystery firm’s offer to smear Pfizer jabs

Social media influencers in France say an advertising agency offered to pay them if they agreed to smear Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine with fake stories.

Twitter accuses India police of 'intimidation', slams new IT rules

Social media giant says it is worried about the safety of its staff in India, days after police visited its office as part of an investigation related to the firm tagging certain posts by ruling BJP as manipulated.

Musk has become a driving force in the cryptomarket. Is he a manipulator?

Whatever his intention, Elon Musk has put Dogecoin investors in a vulnerable position. Should Bitcoin holders be worried too?

Workplace and algorithm bias kill Palestine content on Facebook and Twitter

TRT World interviewed several activists, including a former Facebook employee and multiple activists who described how the tech giants are choking off Palestine related content.

Pakistan to UN head: Israeli action in Palestine a 'massacre not conflict'

Pakistan's Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari says ongoing Israeli violence on Palestine is not a conflict but a massacre by an "occupation power," calling on UN to prevent Israel's "state terrorism" in West Bank and Gaza.

Data rights groups: Instagram, Twitter deleting Palestinian posts

Nonprofit rights group, 7amleh, says they received over 200 complaints about deleted posts and suspended accounts related to Sheikh Jarrah evictions but the social media firms say suspensions an “error by our automated systems”.

Taliban declare three-day Afghan ceasefire for Eid holiday

The armed group Taliban declared a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan to mark this week's Eid al-Fitr holiday, just two days after the government blamed the insurgents for bombs outside a school that killed more than 50 people, mostly young girls.