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In this image made from video, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun sat barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok. Alqunun asked for asylum in Australia, and Thai officials said they won't deport her for now.

Saudi Woman Seeks Asylum, Fears Family Will Kill Her, OK To Stay In Thailand For Now

9:36pm January 07, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's real-time Twitter pleas for help went viral as she begged for refugee status. Thai officials have let her talk to U.N. refugee officials.

A user of social media application software on a smartphone.

Facebook Execs Seen Discussing Data Privacy, Competitors In Leaked Documents

5:13pm December 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"We don't feel we have had straight answers from Facebook," a member of the U.K. Parliament says. The company had fought to keep the records private; some are marked "highly confidential."

Saudi writer and critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

World News

Khashoggi Friend Accuses Cyber Security Firm Of Helping Saudis Spy On Their Messages

11:08pm December 03, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Jamal Khashoggi and Canada-based dissident Omar Abdulaziz communicated frequently in the months leading up to Khashoggi's death. They planned to create a Saudi cyber army of government critics.

Student Journalists

What The Internet Says About You

9:25am November 26, 2018

by Zach Dunn

When was the last time you Googled yourself? What does the Internet say about you?

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Content moderators are responsible for determining what we see and what we don't on social media.

'The Cleaners' Looks At Who Cleans Up The Internet's Toxic Content

12:05am November 13, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Filmmakers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck discuss how their documentary tells the sobering story of the trauma and challenges faced by those who sift through social content.

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Stars of David memorialize Jewish congregants killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Nearly 30 Percent Of Anti-Semitic Online Attacks Are Bots

5:23pm October 31, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

A study released last week by the Anti-Defamation League revealed that anti-Semitic online slurs have surged in the lead-up to the midterms — and many of the attacks are automated.

World News

#MeToo Movement Gathers Force In India

6:32pm October 16, 2018

A year after sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein catapulted #MeToo into a national movement in the U.S., women in India are using Facebook and Twitter to tell their stories.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is launching the first statewide effort to combat election-related disinformation.

California Launches New Effort To Fight Election Disinformation

3:41pm September 23, 2018

by Ben Adler

The state's new Office of Elections Cybersecurity will focus on combating social media campaigns that try to confuse voters or discourage them from casting ballots.

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Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 4 search a flooded neighborhood for people who may have been trapped by the rising floodwaters during now-tropical storm Florence in North Carolina.

Sharks In The Water? FEMA Tries To Fight 'Fake News' As Florence Hits

6:17pm September 14, 2018

by Brian Naylor

In times of disasters, rumors proliferate. The Federal Emergency Management Agency hopes to counter the misinformation with a rumor-control webpage.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey testify during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Sept. 5.

Politics & Government

DOJ Probe Into Bias At Tech Companies Should Include Democrats, California AG Says

2:47pm September 11, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the Justice Department to invite Democrats to the Sept. 25 meeting focused on social media and tech companies or risk proving the event's political bent.