Egypt Today “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated”, CNBC qouted Elon Musk as saying on Monday. Musk made the remarks in a statement in a released to press announcing a …
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With the whistle blown on Facebook, Congress must allocate ownership of personal data to the person, not the platform, to allow competitive providers to emerge. Piergiuseppe Fortunato* According to its former employee, Frances Haugen, Facebook algorithms consciously amplify dangerous misinformation and privilege the most divisive content posted on the network. …
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Egypt Independent A former Facebook data scientist, Frances Haugen, 37, has stunned US lawmakers and the public with revelations of the company’s awareness of apparent harm to some teens from Instagram. She cited accusations of dishonesty in the company’s fight against hate and misinformation. She testified to the Senate Commerce …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) announced on Monday the tax rates which will be imposed on all activities related to e-commerce and online content creation, including for bloggers and YouTubers. On 25 September, the ETA announced that YouTubers and bloggers must register their income with …
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Egypt Today “Revenues from the sale of goods or services in Egypt, or the manufacture or promotion of content or advertisements via the internet or social networking sites, are subject to taxes subject to the established act of law”, Ramy Youssef, Advisor to the Minister of Finance for Tax Affairs, …
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Ashraf Amin – Ahram Online Ingrid Volkmer, professor of digital communication and globalisation at the University of Melbourne, spoke to Ahram Online about the impact of the pandemic on journalism, which has led her and a group of media scholars to create the Global Risk Journalism Hub, an international research network …
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The blocking by US big-tech companies of former US president Donald Trump’s social media accounts was an Orwellian decision that will resonate for decades. Hany Ghoraba “Big Brother is Watching You” is a slogan which became famous, thanks to the novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ by British author George Orwell. The book, …
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The expansion of free time during the crisis could lead to a reassessment of leisure and a revalorised public sphere. Çiğdem Boz and Ayça Tekin-Koru The Covid-19 crisis has engendered an unparalleled self-evaluation of time. As more and more found themselves confined to their homes, an unprecedented effort to fill …
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Egyptianstreets Liverpool star, Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah won praise for sharing a photo on social media of his family with a Christmas tree. The photo, which has gone viral, won people’s hearts; with the majority of social media users praising him for promoting tolerance. However, a number of other social …
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Journalism has never been more challenging—and never more important. Karin Pettersson The news-media industry has long lamented how the digital revolution has broken its business models. Today, a majority of digital advertising money goes to Facebook and Google, and media companies are struggling to reinvent themselves through digital subscriptions. But …
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