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Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis

HatespeechexplodedonFacebookatthestartoftheRohingyacrisisinMyanmarlastyear,analysishasrevealed,withexpertsblamingthesocialnetworkforcreating“chaos”inthecountry.

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German opposition calls for abolition of online hate speech law

Germany’soppositionpartiesonSundaycalledfortheabolitionofanewlawthataimstoridsocialmediaofhatespeech,sayingitwaswrongforprivatecompaniestobemakingdecisionsabout

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China's Beijing renovates charging posts for electric cars

Beijingisrenovatingpublicchargingpostsforelectriccarstomakethemconformtonewnationalstandards.Beijinghas112,600chargingposts,including80,800privateonesand31,800p

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Car or van attacks? Cities are seeking creative ways to prevent them

Extremistshaveusedvehiclesasdeadlyweaponswithalarmingfrequencyinrecentyears,whethertopromotejihad,getattentionorexpressdespair.Inresponse,uglyconcreteblocks,asw

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Has Taylor Swift disappeared from social media?

TaylorSwift,oneofsocialmedia'smostpopularcelebrities,appearstohavewipedyearsofpostsfromheraccounts.TheUSsingerdeletedyearsofTwitterposts,withnothingshowingafter

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Facebook changes News Feed algorithm to limit posts from spammers

FacebooksaidonFridaythatitisintroducingchangestothealgorithmbehinditsNewsFeedtolimitthereachbyuserswhofrequentlypostclick-baitstories,linkstosensationalistwebsi

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Iraqi PM orders major cut in guards for officials in reform plan

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday issued instructions of his crucial reform plan, included cutting of up to 90 percent, of the number of guards for Iraqi top and senior officials, according to a statement from the office of prime minister.

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Alibaba IPO more discussed in Chinese social media than iPhone 6 launch

The launch of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba in a record-breaking IPO in New York was the most discussed business event this month, more so than the launch of Apple's iPhone, a study showed.