French women have taken to social media to share tales of sexual harassment with the name-and-shame hashtag #BalanceTonPorc ("expose your pig"). The initiative, launched by a French journalist who lives in New York, follows the American #MeToo campaign, in which tens of thousands of women ...
Social media users on Friday mocked embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May over a photograph of her sitting alone in a room awaiting EU Brexit talks, calling it a "metaphor" for her isolated position. In the viral snap, May is seen alone at a large ...
After months of congressional investigations into Russian interference with U.S. elections, legislation is gaining traction as senators introduced a bipartisan plan to impose new disclosure requirements for political ads on Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media. "Election security is national security," said Democratic Sen. ...
Media researchers and journalists have ramped up their efforts to identify dubious information on the internet related to Sunday's Lower House election in a bid to stem the spread of fake news affecting voter behavior. Fake news, typically social media stories containing incorrect information, has ...
Line Corp. has opened its first permanent U.S. store in New York that sells merchandise featuring the characters popularized by its messaging app. Located in Times Square, the 430-sq.-meter store has proven popular with tourists since its official opening Aug. 1. A ceiling-high stuffed toy bear ...
Officials from the Communist Youth League of China felt they had to act: Busy with their education and careers, young Chinese were struggling in the romance department, with tens of millions unable to find partners. So the organization best known for nurturing communist ideology among ...
The United States does not support a French proposal to tax the gross revenues of international tech corporations like Google and Amazon, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday. The remarks come as European officials say Washington has softened in recent days on a point that ...
Washington is softening its position on European plans to impose taxes on U.S. tech giants such as Apple and Google, officials said this past week. The evolving attitude in recent days would mark a stark shift from American officials' frustration at previous efforts by European ...
Nearly a year after Facebook and Google launched offensives against fake news, they're still inadvertently promoting it — often at the worst possible times. Online services designed to engross users aren't so easily retooled to promote greater accuracy, it turns out. Especially with online trolls, ...
The battle for smart-speaker supremacy in Japan has begun, with major firms announcing the launches Thursday of new products armed with high-tech voice-controlled features. With the aim of taking the lead in the AI powered smart-speaker market, which many observers believe will become the next ...
The Japan National Tourism Organization is finally turning to Instagram to attract overseas travelers amid an unprecedented tourism boom. A late adopter of the popular social media app, the government-backed organization this week launched its official Instagram account called Visit Japan International. On the account, ...
No government, no administration, no political party can afford to neglect these new forces to which the digital age has given birth.
