Those who erroneously blamed Facebook for causing political upheaval in the Middle East, now hear this: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a chat on his Facebook page in Arabic.
Those who erroneously blamed Facebook for causing political upheaval in the Middle East, now hear this: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a chat on his Facebook page in Arabic.
The seemingly never-ending conflict between Israel and its Mideast neighbors has spread to Facebook, as an Israeli hacker who goes by the name of Hannibal posted the email addresses and passwords of 85,000 users of the social network from Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Facebook and Libya have come full-circle, from late dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s warning against the social network’s use in February, to the social network being used to announce the end of NATO operations in the country Friday.
Have you ever considered where we would be today if it wasn’t for Facebook?
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The U.S. State Department is honoring 37 women from the Middle East and North Africa for their participation in TechWomen, a Silicon Valley initiative that includes Facebook.
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Activists in parts of the world that don’t approve of Facebook now have a resource on how to keep themselves safe while using the social network.
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The U.S. military is funding a software project that aims to create fake profiles on Facebook in order to counter enemy propaganda coming from foreign countries.
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The Arab news network Al Jazeera plans to launch an English-language talk show that will take cues from viewers’ posts on Facebook and Twitter.
The consequences of the Facebook group “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” continue to show their ripple effect, although in this case the craziness began before and continued after this particular incident.
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While just about every Arab nation appears to want the same kind of results that Egypt and Tunisia have had from their protests organized on Facebook, a page based in Lebanon boasting almost 11,000 likes demands change but doesn’t expect a revolution.
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