• Cuban journalist questioned about social media posts, jailed

    Miami, April 30, 2024—Cuban authorities must immediately and unconditionally release jailed local freelance journalist José Luis Tan Estrada and allow reporters to work without fear of reprisal, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday. On April 26, Tan was arrested in the Cuban capital of Havana and has since been detained in the Villa

  • ASIO boss, AFP commissioner issue social media warning

    Australia’s spy boss and the head of the federal police have urged technology and social media companies to step up their game to keep users safe online. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess and AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw will use a joint address at the National Press Club on Wednesday to call on tech giants to do […]

  • Russia arrests Forbes reporter over social media posts on Bucha massacre

    Russia has arrested a journalist from the Russian edition of Forbes magazine for social media reposts over accusations of Russian atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, his lawyer and Forbes said

  • Iranian volleyball player posted support for Israel on social media, and then she disappeared

    As tensions continue to rise between Israel and Iran following the Islamic Republic's attack on Israel and threats from Israel to counterattack, a number of Iranian athletes expressed support for Israel, despite the risk involved. Mobina Rostami, who plays on the Iranian women's volleyball team, came out against the attack, expressed support for Israel and was arrested by the authorities. Now, no one knows where she is. "As an Iranian, I am truly ashamed of the authorities' attack on Israel,"...

  • Barbra Streisand asks Melissa McCarthy if she's on Ozempic in awkward social media post

    If you've ever regretted a social media post, you're not alone. Barbra Streisand is in the same boat. The star made an awkward flub on Instagram, asking actress Melissa McCarthy a rather personal question in a very public forum.  McCarthy posted photos with director Adam Shankman from an event she attended in celebration of choreographer and director Matthew Bourne. She looked stunning in a mint green tulle dress.  MELISSA MCCARTHY SAYS 'BLOOD DRAINED OUT' OF HER WHEN INTERVIEWER ASKED ABOUT HER...

  • Francis Ngannou confirms death of infant son Kobe in social media post

    Boxer and MMA fighter says son ‘was full of life and joy’Conor McGregor among those to offer their condolencesFrancis Ngannou has confirmed the death of his 15-month-old son Kobe in a social media post.The boxer and MMA fighter posted on X: “Too soon to leave but yet he’s gone. My little boy, my mate, my partner Kobe was full of life and joy. Now, he’s laying without life. I shouted his name over and over but he’s not responding. Continue reading

  • Social media drives UK online ad spend to highest level ever

    Total ad spend rose six per cent in 2023 to £36.6bn, although this translated to a 1.2 per cent contraction after accounting for inflation.

  • Judge Conducts Hearing On Request To Hold Trump In Contempt For Social Media Posts

    Prosecutors cited 10 posts on Trump’s social media account and campaign website that they said breached the order, which bars him from making public statements about witnesses in the case.

  • Synthetic opioids previously linked to UK deaths are being ‘advertised for sale on social media’

    Suppliers boast to undercover reporters about promoting illegal nitazenes, on SoundCloud and XLethal synthetic opioids linked to more than two deaths a week in the UK have been advertised for sale in thousands of posts on social media, an investigation has found.Suppliers boasted to undercover BBC reporters posing as dealers about how easy it was to use social media to promote nitazenes, an illegal group of drugs several times more powerful than heroin. Continue reading

  • Supreme Court rejects Musk appeal over social media posts that must be approved by Tesla

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some social media posts that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads. The justices did not comment in leaving in place lower-court rulings against []

  • Supreme Court rejects Musk appeal over social media posts that must be approved by Tesla

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads. The justices did not comment in leaving in place lower-court rulings against Musk, who […]

  • Supreme Court rejects Musk appeal over social media posts that must be approved by Tesla

    The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some social media posts that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads