Egypt female TikTok star jailed for three years for human trafficking
An Egyptian TikTok star has been sentenced to three years in prison after a court convicted her of human trafficking…
Trads vs Raytas: The young Indians spreading hate online
By Divya Arya and Vineet Khare BBC Hindi In May last year, as Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr,…
Parrots for sale: The internet’s role in illicit trade
By Shiroma Silva & Carl Miller BBC Click Row after row of thin barred cages holds brilliantly coloured birds whose…
Koo: India’s Twitter alternative with global ambitions
By Nikhil Inamdar BBC Business Correspondent Can Indian microblogging app Koo beat Twitter? That’s certainly the goal, according to co-founder…
Two arrested in Egypt after teenage girl’s suicide sparks outrage
Two people have been arrested in Egypt after a teenage girl who was allegedly being blackmailed with digitally altered images…
Online child abuse rises in India during Covid-19 pandemic
By Vineet Khare BBC Hindi In July 2020, police in India’s north-eastern state of Assam received a complaint about a…
Meta: Facebook’s new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers
Facebook’s announcement that it is changing its name to Meta has caused quite the stir in Israel where the word…
Facebook grilled over mental-health impact on kids
By Cristina Criddle Technology reporter Facebook has defended the impact of its products, saying Instagram has “affirmatively helped” young people.…
New Zealand council’s Zoom talks go viral as pretend meeting
Coronavirus pandemic A New Zealand council’s Zoom meeting has been viewed more than 290,000 times on YouTube as people…
Mental health: TikTok rolls out support to combat suicide searches
TikTok has announced a set of features to help users struggling with mental health issues and thoughts of suicide. The…