Paper cites New York rabbis as saying the app causes the destruction of Jewish families and businesses
What’s All The Fuss About WhatsApp? China’s WeChat Is a Worthy Rival
WhatsApp maybe popular in the Americas and Europe, but China’s WeChat is making significant inroads into East Asia and Africa
‘Nobody Liked My Selfie and Now the Country Is Going to Hell’
Young Thais not receiving enough positive feedback for their selfies spell trouble ahead for the Southeast Asian nation, claims Thailand’s Department of Mental Health
Facebook Clamps Down on Syrian Opposition Groups
Pages that helped start the uprising are being shut down
Did Iran Just Ban Online Chatting?
Did Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, just ban online chatting between unrelated men and women? Both the Jerusalem Post and the exiled opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran website — not exactly …
Indians Turn ‘Gay For a Day’ to Protest Supreme Court Ruling
Facebook campaign urges users to post pictures of them kissing friends of the same sex after country’s top court reinstates band on homosexuality
Vietnamese Man Convicted for Facebook Posts
Dinh Nhat Uy receives a 15-month suspended sentence for using the social network to call for the release of his activist brother
Eastern India Still Struggling in Wake of Cyclone Phailin
Post-cyclone rains cause fatalities, homelessness and damage to farms
‘The Civil Disobedience of the 21st Century’: How Vietnamese Bloggers Evade Controls
To skirt harsh media laws, a nation’s activists are honing their cyberskills
In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar
Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post. However, it …
Must-Reads from Around the World
Violence erupts in Venezuela in the run up to the presidential election, Chinese face severe traffic jams during the holiday week, Cambodia courts press freedom controversy and South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has established …
Must-Reads From Around the World, May 28, 2012
Syrian Massacre – The U.N. Security Council on Sunday condemned Bashar al-Assad’s government for its use of tanks and artillery against civilians during Friday’s Houla massacre that left at least 108 villagers dead. …
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 22, 2012
Summit Struggle – Ahead of Wednesday’s crunch E.U. summit, Der Spiegel reports that new French President François Hollande will pressure German Chancellor Angela Merkel to agree to euro bonds, which she has so far strictly …