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A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files

EU Data Protection Watchdogs Warn WhatsApp, Yahoo on Privacy

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 29, 2016 | World

European privacy watchdogs warned WhatsApp on Friday over sharing user information with parent company Facebook, and cautioned Yahoo over a 2014 data breach and scanning of customer emails for U.S. intelligence purposes. The popular messaging service’s recent...

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People react after taking over military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul, on July 16, 2016 (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)

Plot of Turkey’s Coup Revealed via WhatsApp

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

London – A recent study published by British journalist Christiaan Triebert revealed part of the conversations between plotters of the failed military coup in Turkey. The conversation revealed details about the scheme and plan since it began at 9:15 PM till 04:41 AM....

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Facebook Executive Jailed in Brazil

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 1, 2016 | Latest News, World

SAO PAULO, Court officials in Sergipe state confirmed that a judge had ordered the jailing of Facebook Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan. Thus the Brazilian police arrested the senior Facebook executive on Tuesday as a dispute accelerated over a...

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The WhatsApp and Facebook app icons. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Israel detains soldiers after WhatsApp leaks about Gaza casualties

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2014 | Media

Jerusalem, Reuters—The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had detained several soldiers and a civilian on suspicion of leaking Gaza casualty figures over social media before families of the dead or wounded could be formally informed. A week into ground fighting...

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Damascus, Syria. January 2013. Source: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images

Home is Where the Heart Is

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 5, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

You will not see Ahmad in a television report, trapped in a war zone that used to be his home. He is not among the refugees escaping Syria for a new hell in the camps. Ahmad is one of the lucky ones: his dual nationality was his ticket out of Syria, and in August last...