Iran releases messaging app to replace Telegram
As Soroush app is officially launched in Iran, Telegram users reported problems using the messaging platform. The Iranian government blocked Telegram during the 2017 anti-government protests [Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters] The Iranian government has officially released a mobile messaging app in a bid to encourage users to abandon the currently banned Telegram messenger. Soroush, a homegrown app promot
No love in Pakistan for Valentine’s Day broadcasts
Complying with court order, media regulator announces ban on any television or radio programming related to celebration. Commercial holidays and events are increasingly becoming sites for cultural contestation in Pakistan [Fayaz Aziz/Reuters] Pakistan’s media regulator has banned television channels and radio stations from broadcasting programming related to Valentine’s Day, according to a stateme
El Nino contributes to new high in CO2 levels
NASA study confirms El Nino’s affect on climate change, adding to the impacts of human activities. The amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in our world is likely to top 410 parts per million (ppm) this year. The CO2 measured at the Mauna Loa Baseline Atmospheric Observatory in Hawaii hit 405.1 ppm in 2016 – an increase of 3 ppm over the previous year, marking five consecutive years of an un
Al Jazeera media platforms experience cyberattack
Website and digital platforms of entire Doha-based network undergoing ‘systematic and continual hacking attempts’. The websites and digital platforms of Al Jazeera Media Network are undergoing systematic and continual hacking attempts. These attempts are gaining intensity and taking various forms. However, the platforms have not been compromised. Last month, Qatar‘s official news agency was hacked
Exclusive: Spyware firms in breach of global sanctions
Undercover investigation exposes inner workings of spy equipment companies selling to clients from sanctioned countries. Spy equipment producers are breaking laws and circumventing international sanctions by agreeing to sell stock to countries known for human rights abuses, and to clients who do not declare the end user – meaning surveillance tools could easily fall into the hands of armed groups,
Algeria: Over 500,000 students resit exams after leaks
Authorities impose partial block of social media after baccalaureate exams were leaked. A total of 555,177 pupils will be resitting partial baccalaureate exams this week [Al Jazeera] More than half a million secondary school pupils are retaking their baccalaureate exams in Algeria after a major leak of the papers online earlier this month. Algerian authorities have decided to temporarily block sev
Japanese Tweeters mock ISIL hostage video
Hashtag memefying “crappy collage” gets more than 50,000 uses. Read more When the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a video demanding $200 million to spare the lives of two Japanese hostages, a group of Japanese netizens chose an unusual way to respond: knocking the video’s production quality with memes. Senior Japanese defence official Akira Sato told reporters he thought there
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