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A symbol of the beautiful game turns ugly for the world's most famous footballer

United Kingdom

UK man charged with inciting racial hatred after Brussels Tweet

A man from London has been charged by police with inciting after sending a tweet in which he says he asked a Muslim woman to explain the Brussels

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#JeSuisBruxelles: social media reacts to Brussels attacks

As has become customary in the wake of such terrorist attacks, people rushed to social networks to express their feelings of sadness, solidarity

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Ten years of Twitter, but still no profit

It is exactly 10 years since Twitter came into being, during which time the social media website has had a big impact on internet culture but its financial road had been a rocky one.

France

Online abuse sours Hollande's use of live video application Periscope

Social media has proved a useful tool for the powerful to reach their target audience, without the inconvenience of having journalists verify or

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The world says goodbye to memes mocking Leonardo DiCaprio

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LinkedIn shares plunge on weak earnings and profit forecast

LinkedIn's shares slump after it disappoints Wall Street with its forecast and profit. Efforts to strengthen its core recruitment business hit by economic slowdown.

USA

Private gun adverts to be prohibited on Facebook

Private firearms transactions coordinated on Facebook or its Instagram photo-sharing service should become a thing of the past under new measures

Business Line

Oil prices to stay low, Russia suffers

The World Bank has slashed its forecast for oil prices, saying the cost of a barrel of crude will stay near the current lows for the rest of 2016

USA

US presidential race - will 2016 be the Snapchat election?

American political campaigns have come a long way since a certain Barack Obama was successfully able to mobilize the grassroots votes through social

World News

David Bowie: Social media overwhelmed with tributes

Tributes poured in on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social network feeds to celebrate the life and death of David Bowie. The singer lost

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Facebook gets professional with Facebook at Work

Facebook has come a long way from being just a place to link up with friends or meet a partner. Now the social media giant says it is going to muscle

Economy

Telegram messaging app struggles to block ISIS sites

Stung by revelations that ISIS was using the ultra-secure messaging app Telegram, the Berlin-based service has been racing to shut down dozens of

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'Anonymous' hackers' group declares 'war' on ISIL

The hackers’ collective known as “Anonymous” has apparently responded to the attacks on Paris by declaring war on ISIL in a video posted on YouTube

USA

Christmas cup blackens Starbucks image in online attacks

In the ‘tempest in a teacup’ category — only here it’s a coffee cup — some American conservatives are seeing red. They have accused the

Belgium

Facebook given 48 hours to quit tracking Internet users in Belgium

Facebook has been given 48 hours by a Belgian court to stop tracking Internet users who don’t have profiles with the social media company, or face

China

China promotes five year development plan with animated music video

Perhaps the launch of China’s 13th five year plan for economic and social development hasn’t caught your imagination yet? Well, that’s what the

Economy

Twitter to cut costs and jobs in bid to revive growth

Twitter is to lay off up to eight percent of its workforce – 336 employees – in an effort to revive growth. The job cuts, mainly in the company’s