Over 50 political accounts deleted in Facebook purge | UCL Occupation - 0 views
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a scandalous abuse of power by Facebook to arbitrarily destroy online communities built up over many months and years
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Ultimately, the anti-cuts movement in the UK will need to start organising through self-hosted, open source platforms to avoid reliance upon the very corporate power structures we are aiming to challenge
Journalists detained, barred from polling stations: Syndicate - Politics - Egypt - Ahra... - 0 views
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several journalists have been detained, arrested or obstructed from reporting at polling stations in several governorates.
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On the first day of voting, the syndicate reported as many as 19 similar violations, most of which were identified in the last hours of the polling day, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.
"We Are Taking a Moral Stance Against Censorship": Jordanian NGO Defies Media Law - Glo... - 1 views
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What we oppose is the licensing requirement, which requires every publication or website to get permission from the government in order to operate. The requirement to license is one of the oldest tools of government censorship and restriction of freedom of expression. How could it be that in the digital age of self-publishing, social media and citizen journalism, you have to get government permission to publish online? Does it make sense that in order to get that permission, you have to have an editor in chief who has been a member of the official press association for at least four years?
Friendly Fascism: National Media Give David Duke a Face-Lift - FAIR - 0 views
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Useful reminder of the difficulty US media have in confronting the reality of extremist views and statements in candidates running for high office. The framing of electoral competition as a sport/race/game with two competitors who must be dealt with even-handedly forestalls critical or even accurate reporting.
Lebanese filmmaker delves into realm of sexual taboo - 1 views
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online subscriptions, which Haddad says generated customers from all over the region, with the majority coming from Saudi Arabia
Qatar: land of the free? "Positive practices" that lead to jail - 0 views
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“in 2015, authorities detained two groups of foreign journalists attempting to report on the treatment of migrant workers in the country.”
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Two other German journalists were detained in 2013 after filming the working conditions of migrant labourers.
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All the newspapers printed in Qatar are owned by members of the ruling family or others closely connected with the government.
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Morocco banned Skype, Viber, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. It didn't go down well | ... - 0 views
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Maroc Telecom, Meditel and Inwi, the three telecommunication service providers in Morocco, welcomed the New Year of 2016 with the ban of free mobile internet calls made through mobile phone connections.Skype, Viber, Tango, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are among the applications whose VoIP calls have been blocked by telecom operators on 3G, and 4G connections in January and ADSL connections in February.
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Morocco’s Telecommunications Regulatory National Agency (ANRT), which was behind the ban, justified its decision by stating that none of the services providing voice over IP (VoIP) or other "free internet calls" had the required licenses.
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a move to boost operators’ revenues from international calls
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The Syrians are watching - Features - Al Jazeera English - 2 views
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text messages buzzed between mobiles in quick succession, drawing woops of joy and thumbs up from astonished Syrians
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"Perhaps the Saudis will have to build a whole village for Arab presidents once they run out of villas," joked a taxi driver
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the usual babble of conversation was subdued as customers sat quietly but intently watching the TV broadcasting images of flames pouring from Egypt's ruling party's head office, a Soviet-era building much like many of those that house the state institutions in their own capital
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