TAG: Social Media
Poland on track to unlock €76B in EU funds, Warsaw minister says
Warsaw is on the path to unblocking €76 billion in EU cash that was frozen over rule-of-law-concerns...
8 months ago
Anne Hidalgo’s vision of a greener Paris faces political reckoning
PARIS — Nearly 10 years ago, newly minted Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo made “a genuine energy and environmental transition” a cornerstone of her plans for the city.The Socialist politician stayed true to that platform — in the process becoming one of the most...
6 months ago
UK Energy Minister Graham Stuart quits government ahead of election
LONDON — Energy Minister Graham Stuart has stepped down from his role at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.Stuart announced his decision to return to the backbenches on Friday afternoon, ending a ministerial career that spanned eight years.H...
6 months ago
Social media's age limits won't protect your kids
Momentum has been building to force social media companies to make their products safer for kids. But some of the solutions getting the most attention, while well intended, don’t address the underlying problem: the way these apps prey on developing brains...
5 months ago
Trump calls Truth Social ‘AMAZING.’ Wall Street has questions.
Former President Donald Trump fired back at criticism of his fledgling media venture on Thursday as the newly public company faces mounting pressure from Wall Street.In a post on Truth Social, the GOP front-runner said his social media platform is the sub...
5 months ago
Trump’s social media venture set for Wall Street debut Tuesday
Donald Trump’s fledgling social media venture will begin trading as a public company on Tuesday, setting the former president up for a potentially massive payday if all goes to plan. Trump Media & Technology Group is slated to debut on Nasdaq under th...
5 months ago
Global tech outage takes down banks, media, airports
Global business operations came to a standstill on Friday morning due to a glitch at a cybersecurity software provider that grounded airplanes and disrupted financial institutions. The outage was caused by a software update at cybersecurity firm Crowdstri...
2 months ago
Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs
BERLIN — The German capital is the birthplace of that ubiquitous European fast food, the doner kebab, and it shows.Kebab shops line streets of many German cities, particularly in Berlin, and the scent of roasting, skewered meat is never far off.Some two-m...
2 months ago
China, EU agree to start consultations on electric-vehicle subsidies
China and the EU on Saturday agreed to start consultations over the EU’s anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).“On June 22, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Executive Vice President and Trade Commissioner of the European C...
2 months ago
Avocado, dragon fruit imports on the rise as Indians' appetite for 'luxury foods' grow
Indians have worked up quite an appetite for the so-called luxury foods — they consumed 4 million kilos of avocados in the first six months of 2024.Five years ago, India imported 140,600 kilo of the buttery fruit native to the western hemisphere in the fi...
1 month ago
Germany hammers Trump over debate barbs about Berlin’s energy transition
Germany’s foreign ministry hit back Wednesday at former U.S. President Donald Trump after he criticized the country’s energy policy at the presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.Trump slammed Germany in his closing remarks, claiming Berl...
1 month ago
Germany taunts Donald Trump again despite Republican outrage
Germany’s Foreign Ministry doubled down Thursday on its jeering of Donald Trump, deepening a spat between the former U.S. president and German officials.The fight began when Trump claimed during the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night that Germany’s sh...
1 month ago
Looking beyond privacy and platform governance: A case for reorienting public discourse in India
Lokendra SharmaThe need for reorienting public discourse on the social media ecosystem cannot be more pressing. Over the last few years, a string of events have cemented the dominance of privacy and platform governance issues: first, the Puttaswamy judgem...
6 days ago