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The loading screen of the Facebook application on a mobile phone is seen in this photo illustration taken in Lavigny May 16, 2012. Facebook is trying to lure skeptical advertisers in India, one of its biggest but also hardest to crack markets in the world, with tactics like free email support for questions about advertising and advice on increasing sales for businesses. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud/Files


Opinion: Privacy in the Digital Age

Opinion: Privacy in the Digital Age

“Mom, you cannot check my messages. I need my privacy, please!” Adam, my 10-year-old son, said to me while I was helping him sign up for a new e-mail address. I could not answer back and I was rather quite surprised by what he said. My little boy, who still enjoys...
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This screengrab from German television channel NDR shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) speaking to Reem Sahwil, a Palestinian refugee in Germany, during the Gut Leben in Deutschland (Living Well in Germany) forum, in Rostock, Germany, on July 15, 2015. (Screengrab via NDR/YouTube)


Opinion: The Palestinian Girl Who Moved Merkel

Opinion: The Palestinian Girl Who Moved Merkel

Reem Sahwil, the young Palestinian girl who was reduced to tears in front of Angela Merkel, told the German chancellor she didn’t know what her own future held so long as her stay in Europe remained uncertain. In a televised forum, Sahwil spoke of how she would...
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The suspect in the beheading of a businessman, Yassine Salhi, a towel over his head to mask his face, is escorted by police officers as they leave his home in Saint-Priest, outside the city of Lyon, central France, Sunday, June 28, 2015. A security official tells The Associated Press the move to his home aims to find his passport, to determine if he traveled abroad. The suspect allegedly crashed a truck into a U.S.-owned chemical warehouse on Friday, setting off an explosion, and hung his employer’s head on the factory’s gate. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)


Opinion: Selfies and Violent Extremism

Opinion: Selfies and Violent Extremism

Recent news reports indicate that Yassin Salhi, the man who beheaded his boss and tried to attack a factory in France in late June, took a selfie with the victim’s severed head and sent the picture to someone believed to be fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and...
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Indian college students take part in a demonstartion on the occasion of United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Bangalore on June 26, 2015. The students demanded the Indian government to ratify the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment and to pass a domestic legislation categorically prohibiting torture. AFP PHOTO/ Manjunath KIRAN


Opinion: Our Desperate Attempts to Reject Torture

Opinion: Our Desperate Attempts to Reject Torture

This month is dedicated to a global media campaign against torture. Documented testimonies, investigations, articles and videos of survivors from across the world are being broadcast on alternative media platforms and websites in an attempt to exert more pressure on...