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Iran ministry accused of targeting conservative news sites

Gazans use WhatsApp to see what's up with the news

Whatsapp and Facebook icons are seen on a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, February 20, 2014. Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world's largest social network closer to the heart of mobile communications and may bring younger users into the fold. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTX196EE

Congress seeks more control over government news agency

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Voice Of America (VOA) Afghan Service broadcaster Daoud Sediqi listens to a caller during a show on September 16, 2009 in a studio of the VOA in Washington. Sediqi, the former host of "Afghan Idol", one of Afghanistan's most popular television programs which showcases musical talent, joined the VOA in the US where he was granted asylum to escape Taliban threats. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AF

Fact-checking initiative takes on Egypt's rumor mills and fake news

Tunisian Decree 54 on 'false news' stifles dissent: rights groups

Tunisian broadcaster Hamza Belloumi: interviewees "don't speak at all or they demand to remain anonymous"

Agence France-Presse

Iran news publications suspended over bail reports

Pioneering woman starts Arab Israeli news site

Turkey bans independent news sites in latest move to silence opposition

People use computers at an internet cafe in Ankara February 6, 2014. Turkey's parliament, where Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party has a majority, has approved internet controls enabling web pages to be blocked within hours in what the opposition decried as part of a government bid to stifle a corruption scandal with methods more suitable to "times of coups". Under a bill passed late on Wednesday, telecommunications authorities can block access to material within four hours without a prior court order

Iran hands directors suspended jail terms over acclaimed film

The Berlin film festival, which has long championed Iran's embattled directors, urged Tehran on February 1, 2024 to allow two filmmakers who have reportedly been slapped with a travel ban to attend this month's event

Agence France-Presse

Iraqi politicians see 'fake news' in controversial Israeli tweet