TEHRAN, August 12 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned US push for blocking the social media accounts of the country’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as a nonstarter, reiterating that Zarif’s voice will continue to be heard in the world in in the appropriate manner.
TEHRAN, Jul 29 - Critics of US President Donald Trump launched the #unfollowTrump movement on Twitter Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he would unfollow Trump’s “hate-filled, racist, and demeaning” feed.
TEHRAN, Jul 3 - Amnesty International has condemned the Bahraini regime’s harassment and intimidation of a former legislator and intensified clampdown on social media activists, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, Jul 3 -Researchers found that nearly 15,000 Juul-related Instagram posts between March and May 2018 focused on culture and lifestyle -- and promotional offers.
TEHRAN, Jun 25 -Cannabis and industrial hemp companies that are legal in many states are finding an uneven terrain online when they attempt to promote their businesses or sell products on the Internet.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch massacre.
TEHRAN, May 13 - Sri Lanka said on Monday it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after mosques and Muslim-owned businesses were attacked in the wake of Easter bombings by Daesh terrorists.
TEHRAN, May 12- Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc has suspended a global social media marketing campaign in response to Reuters inquiries into the company’s use of young online personalities to sell its new “heated tobacco” device, including a 21-year-old woman in Russia.
TEHRAN, May 09 - One of Facebook’s co-founders has called CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s power “unprecedented and un-American,” adding that Facebook should be broken up into multiple companies.
TEHRAN, Feb 02 - An Asian internet lobby group, whose members include Alphabet’s Google and Facebook, on Thursday criticized India’s plans to regulate social media content.
TEHRAN, Jan 21 - The newest member of the UK Royal Family used to have several social media accounts and a blog before her marriage, but had to close them due to royal protocol. As it turns out, she also had a secret Instagram, but closed it recently due to an invasion of trolls.
TEHRAN, Jan 2 - Sudanese authorities are blocking access to popular social media platforms used to organize and broadcast nationwide anti-government protests triggered by an economic crisis, internet users say.
TEHRAN, November 24 - Gun owners in the state of New York will be forced to fork over their social media information to authorities if a bill being pushed by Democratic legislatures is passed.
TEHRAN, September 02 - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a law granting authorities the right to monitor social media users in the country as part of tightening internet controls, the official gazette said Saturday.