“A social media campaign calls for peace between Jews and Arabs, CNN’s Samuel Burke explains.” Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies Here are some Tweets from the campaign: The #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies social media campaign goes viral. I love this pic! #lovenothate #peace #friends pic.twitter.com/LKR9dzPWaN — Stephen ☩ (@RevStephenSorby) July 26, 2014 A lot of hashtags […]
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Gaza/ Israel: Is Social Media A Corrective for Biased MSM reporting?
“When it comes to news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the media coverage itself often becomes the story. Here’s a look at how the U.S. media got it wrong and right during the latest violence in Gaza and Israel.” AJ+ “When Media Coverage Of Gaza And Israel Becomes The Story”
Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza
Channel 4 News | Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza For the first time in a major Arab-Israeli conflict, the world has access to non-traditional sources of reality such as Twitter – and it means Israel is losing the battle for hearts and minds. Related Tweets: 4 attacks on 4 UN […]
Mohammed Suliman’s Twitter-Journal on Surviving Israel’s War on Gaza
Journalist Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine), in Gaza, has been tweeting sardonic observations about living through the Israeli bombardment of his friends and family. They together form a sort of stream-of-consciousness journal: I look forward to surviving. If I don't, remember that I wasn't Hamas or a militant, nor was I used as a human shield. I […]
90% of NSA Data from non-Targets, 1/2 accounts had info on US Citizens
By Jon Queally Washington Post reveals unprecedented look at how 'voyeuristic' spy agency manages private communications it collects New reporting by the Washington Post based on materials leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals an unprecedented view of how the private information of millions of "ordinary people" are caught up in the spy agency's massive […]
Egypt: 15-Yr. Sentence for Hero of Tahrir Revolution, blogger Alaa, 24 others
By Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – A Cairo court on June 11, 2014, sentenced the prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others to 15 years in prison and LE100,000 fines (US$14,000) on a range of charges stemming from their involvement in a peaceful protest on November 26, 2013, in Cairo. Police […]
Egypt: Sisi Celebrations marred by mob sexual assault in Tahrir Square
CAIRO — Egypt’s police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually…
Big Media is Boring us into accepting End of Net Neutrality: John Oliver
John Oliver: “Cable companies are trying to create an unequal playing field for internet speeds, but they’re doing it so boringly that most news outlets aren’t covering it. John Oliver explains the controversy and lets viewers know how they can voice their displeasure to the FCC. (www.fcc.gov/comments, for any interested parties)” Last Week Tonight with […]
NSA Intercepting Millions of Personal Images for Facial Recognition Tech
By Sarah Lazare The National Security Agency is mass collecting facial images through its surveillance programs for use in facial recognition technology, journalists James Risen and Laura Poitras revealed Saturday in the New York Times. Secret documents exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the spy agency views facial recognition as the next frontier […]