An Al Jazeera investigation identified some 120 pages belonging to bands with openly white supremacist and racist views.
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With tensions between nuclear powers rising globally, the question is how useful talks about nuclear disarmament are.
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Technology has become a crucial element in the Hong Kong protests, from facial recognition system to online trolling.
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Critical Arab voices are being silenced on Twitter, and laws across the Middle East are created to further this cause.
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From the Gulf crisis to the Khashoggi affair, Al Jazeera investigates how bots influence online conversations.
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The blockade of Qatar, led by Saudi Arabia, has seen a slew of fake accounts open up and attempt to sway public opinion.
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Social media platforms were essential in the Arab Spring, but governments soon learned how to counter dissent online.
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Twitter in the Middle East changed from a tool for transparency to a platform overrun by bots and propaganda.
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Tuesday’s launch marks the first time SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy has carried a US Air Force mission into space.
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Facebook’s automated system can be tricked to allow ads to show millions of people fake news, Al Jazeera found.