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Twitter Sold For $44 Billion
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Twitter Sold For $44 Billion

Twitter, the most popular microblogging site, has agreed to be sold for $44 billion to Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. After a few weeks of public and private discussion, the decision was made. We all knew Elon Musk was planning to buy Twitter or create an alternative platform after hosting multiple polls on Twitter. Elon Musk had raised several issues in public through his Twitter polls prior to deciding to buy out Twitter entirely. On March 25, Elon Musk tweeted a poll to his

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Tech Giants Sanctions Against Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
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Tech Giants Sanctions Against Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Last month when Russia started invading Ukraine, several European countries responded against the invasion by imposing sanctions on Russia, affecting several Russian industries including Oil processing. But it was not over yet, soon tech giants including Twitter, Google, and Facebook paused advertisements and other services till the conflict ends. Last week Reddit quarantined r/Russia and r/RussiaPolitics for spreading misinformation in the subreddit. After quarantining the subreddit, Re

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Reddit r/Russia Quarantined For Huge Falsehoods
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Reddit r/Russia Quarantined For Huge Falsehoods

As the Russian government faces widespread condemnation from throughout the world and within its own country, all major websites, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google, are expressing their opposition to the invasion of Ukraine by placing sanctions on the country. Reddit has now blocked the /r/Russia subreddit, citing a substantial volume of false information contained within the community. Subreddits that have been quarantined do not simply disappear. Communities are quarantined in or

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Human Rights Groups Report Use of Cluster & Vacuum Bombs Technology in Ukraine
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Human Rights Groups Report Use of Cluster & Vacuum Bombs Technology in Ukraine

Cluster and vacuum bombs were used on Ukrainian civilians on Monday, according to human rights organisations and Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States of America. Several international groups have strongly denounced the use of these weapons systems. According to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, Russian forces appeared to have used cluster munitions, which are prohibited under international law. Amnesty International accuses the Russian government of striking a preschool

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Russia Blocked Twitter
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Russia Blocked Twitter

Russia has blocked Twitter as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. In Russia, Twitter has the most users (31.1 million messages per month), followed by Odnoklassniki (88.5 million m/month), Instagram (135.1 million m/month), and Vkontakte (408.8 million m/month). Today, February 26, NetBlocks, a global internet monitoring service, verifies that Russia began restricting Twitter access on the morning of February 26th, 2022. “The bans apply to numerous providers and come as Russian authori

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NATO Puts Response Force on Stand-by After Russia's Aggressive Invasion of Ukraine
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NATO Puts Response Force on Stand-by After Russia's Aggressive Invasion of Ukraine

As Russia moves aggressively on its objective to invade Ukraine, other countries, especially Sweden and Finland, are concerned. NATO’s reaction force has been launched for the first time in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To protect its partners, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Tod Wolters ordered the response force. This activation of the response force means that any attack on a NATO member will be met with resistance from this multinational force. The mobilisation of this

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Russian State Media Banned from Running Ads or Monetizing on Facebook
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Russian State Media Banned from Running Ads or Monetizing on Facebook

It is difficult to ignore the news that will eventually or has already affected our lives. Several countries have imposed sanctions on Russia since the Russians started invading Ukraine. Sanctions affecting Russian banks, military exports, and oil refining. Meta Bans Russian State media from Ads or monetizing on its platform Meta will now prohibit Russian state media from putting adverts or monetizing on its platform. According to Facebook’s head of security, Nathaniel Gleicher, Me

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