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Germany

Facebook should have removed sex video, Italian court rules

Facebook should have removed a sex video of a woman who later committed suicide, with or without a court order, judges in Italy have ruled.

05/11/2016

World News

Polish or Paint: 'The Legs' optical illusion sends Twitter into a frenzy

It is obvious, isn’t it?

26/10/2016

World News

Snapchat, Skype, Blackberry get low marks on privacy protection in Amnesty report

Amnesty International ranked the 11 most used messaging apps on their use of encryption to protect users' privacy.

21/10/2016

World News

Trump's 'bad hombres' and 'nasty woman' comments spark outrage and laughs on Twitter

Donald Trump has, yet again, stirred up an angry ‘Twitterstorm’ in response to comments he made in the third presidential debate.

20/10/2016

Markets

Twitter's shares jump on takeover talks report

Twitter's shares got their biggest bump in two years on Friday as it was reported to be talking with several tech companies - including Alphabet's Google and Salesforce.com - about being bought.

23/09/2016

No Comment

360° video: behind the scenes at the live Juncker interview

Euronews 360 video takes you into the studio where President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker answered questions from 3 YouTube stars.

16/09/2016

Italy

Authorities wrestle with online abuse laws after sex tape leads to suicide

Italy has been rocked by the suicide of Tiziana Cantone.

15/09/2016

Italy

Fears online sex tape shame prompted suicide

An Italian woman who was subjected to online abuse after an explicit video of her went viral has killed herself.

14/09/2016

Europe News

Ask Juncker: live interview with YouTube 'stars'

Following the State of the Union speech, European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker will meet with three young YouTube stars.

14/09/2016

Spain

Diver finds couple's lost wedding ring after nearly 40 years

13/09/2016

USA

Get Well Soon or In Bad Shape: How the internet reacted to Clinton's pneumonia

It started as a cough, it became a stumble and now it’s all over social media.

12/09/2016

Norway

Facebook backs down over 'Napalm girl' photo

Facebook has reinstated the iconic photograph of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam War.

09/09/2016

Norway

Child nudity concerns see Facebook delete post including Pulitzer Prize-winning photo

Social media giant Facebook has provoked controversy by censoring an iconic photo over child nudity concerns.

09/09/2016

Sci-tech

Hausa speakers can now hit "so" on Facebook

Hausa, joins the the 'African class' of Somali, Swahili, Afrikaans and Kinyawrwanda. The social network site currently has over 100 languages available to users.

01/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey media crackdown sees 131 outlets shut down

16 TV stations, 45 Newspapers, 15 magazines, 29 publishers shut in post-coup purge, sparking concern for press freedom.

28/07/2016

Pakistan

Cleric probed over 'honour killing' of Pakistani internet star

Demonstrators in Islamabad on Monday denounced the murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch.

18/07/2016

France

Social media used extensively in aftermath of Bastille Day attack

The power of social media came to the fore following the Bastille Day attack with people warned, advised, reassured and reunited through Twitter and Facebook.

15/07/2016

France

Nightmare in Nice: Social media reacts

The celebration and festivities of Bastille Day ended in death and terror in the southern French city of Nice Thursday night.

15/07/2016

Iraq

Baghdad bombing latest example of so-called Islamic State's switch in tactics

Carnage on a Saturday evening in Baghdad.

04/07/2016

USA

MySpace and Tumblr hacked

Your old profile on one of the first social media networks may have been hacked.

01/06/2016