SAUDIS ARE TWITTER’S ‘SECOND LARGEST INVESTORS’ AFTER MUSK’S TAKEOVER

Sat 29 October 2022:  Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) of Saudi Arabia and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s private office will continue to own shares of Twitter worth at $1.89 billion after Elon Musk acquired the social media company, making them jointly the second-largest investors, the Saudi prince announced in a statement. The acquisition was in keeping […]

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TWITTER CENSORSHIP GONE ‘TOO FAR’, US WHISTLEBLOWER SNOWDEN

Fri 28 October 2022:  Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is currently in exile in Russia, claimed on Friday that excessive restriction on Twitter and other social media platforms had taken away users’ freedom to choose their own content. Snowden’s comment was in response to the news SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk […]

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PRO-CHINA SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN SOUGHT TO INFLUENCE U.S. VOTERS: REPORT

Thu 27 October 2022:  A pro-China online influence campaign is seeking to discredit the United States’ democracy and discourage citizens from voting in the upcoming midterm elections, according to cybersecurity researchers. The influence campaign, dubbed DRAGONBRIDGE, aims to “sow division both between the US and its allies and within the US political system itself”, including […]

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META’S SHARES DROP 14 PERCENT AS ITS REVENUE DECLINES

Thu 27 October 2022:  Shares of Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc fell 14% after it predicted a bad holiday quarter and considerable more losses from Metaverse investments in 2019. In extended trading, the forecast on Wednesday reduced its stock market value by nearly $40 billion. In addition to the disappointing future, Meta must deal […]

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NEW CALL OF DUTY GAME FEATURES A MISSION TO KILL IRAN’S ‘SOLEIMANI’

Wed 26 October 2022:  The latest installment of the Call of Duty (CoD) video games series, Modern Warfare II, has included a mission reminiscent of the 2020 assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani which was ordered by then-US President Donald Trump. The single-player shooter game which is a sequel to the 2019 reboot is due […]

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