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Showtime in Iraq: harmless fun or simply tasteless?

The proliferation of camera cell phones has seen an increasing number of amateur videos emerging from Iraq. The favourite genre appears to be humour, which is spurring the production of hundreds of...

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Faux-amateur videos - the new marketing weapon

They all follow the same format - an anonymous video, supposedly amateur, of an incredible act or experience appears online. Once a buzz has been created, the so-thought home-made footage turns out to...

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"Paranoid of new media" authorities arrest Facebook users

Joining an online social network group is risky business in Egypt. Twenty-six people were rounded up and arrested at a gathering organised on Facebook on Wednesday. The internet activists were...

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An original remedy for the socially excluded

Ogle at the ogler of your choice. Millions of young men live their lives entirely on the Internet, unable to leave the house, in fear of human contact. In response to this troubled niche, an...

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We’re all stuck in a social elevator says French union

Disgruntled workers complain. One banner reads "Death to internships!" In these modern times, it's a lift that takes you from one rung of the social ladder to the next. And in France, the lift is out...

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No newspapers, no democracy?

Photo: "Hyperscholar". The editorial that appeared in the International Herald Tribune on Monday morning is certainly not going to please the global blogosphere. The author raises concerns over the...

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Twitter under cyber attack, Russia suspected

Twitter came under an unprecedented cyber-attack on Thursday night, which blocked some 17 million subscribers from accessing the micro-blogging platform. Clues on the origins of the attack suggest the...

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Students rise up after Chávez shuts down opposition TV channel

After Venezuela's leading opposition TV channel was forced off the air by the government on Jan. 24, protests have escalated across the country. Two people have died in the confrontations and many...

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No green revolution, but a revolution in media

Julien Pain is a journalist specialised in the handling of amateur images. He's editor of the France 24 Observers website and TV show. The Islamic Republic is engaged in a repression which seems to be...

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In northern Mexico, a good journalist is a dead journalist

A journalist comes under fire in Reynosa, north Mexico, 17 February 2009. While the murder of three people linked to the US Consulate in north Mexico attracted the attention of the world's media, in...

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