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FB closes hundreds of Russia-linked pages
WASHINGTON: Facebook announced on Thursday that it has removed more than 500 pages, groups and accounts originating in Russia for engaging in what the social network called “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”.The California-based social media giant said they were part of two separate but similar Russian-based influence operations, one...
Russia detains model claiming Trump secrets
MOSCOW: Russia yesterday detained a Belarusian model who claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, witnesses told AFP.Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen-name Nastya Rybka, was held for questioning at a Moscow airport yesterday evening after she was deported from Thailand as part of a group convicted of...
Russia detains model claiming Trump secrets
Anastasia Vashukevich at the immigration detention centre before being deported in Bangkok. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday detained a Belarusian model who claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, witnesses told AFP. Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen-name Nastya Rybka, was held for questioning at...
Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked pages, accounts
Facebook said Thursday it removed hundreds of Russia-linked pages, groups and accounts that it says were part of two big disinformation operations targeting users outside the US. One network operated in countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The other focused on Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
BASMACHISM WAS CONTRARY TO THE NATIONAL INTEREST. Reprint of the article by Professor A. Saifulloev from the newspaper “Jumhuriyat”
DUSHANBE, 17.01.2019. (NIAT Khovar) – The media sometimes publish various opinions about the Basmachism movement and the personality of Kurbashi. There is an opinion in which the war of Basmachis against the Soviet government is regarded as “the struggle of the inhabitants of Bukhara against the revolutionaries”, and they want to see the leaders...
Serena Williams comfortably beats Bouchard to move into third round
MELBOURNE: Serena Williams soundly beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 6-2 on Thursday night, racing through the last five games to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. Easily beaten in the first set, the Canadian Bouchard, a former Wimbledon finalist who has been trying to retrieve her stellar form of five years ago, pressed early in the...
Facebook removes more pages, accounts with Russia links
(Reuters pic)MENLO PARK: Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed hundreds of Russia-initiated pages, accounts and groups that it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a blog post it had unearthed two...
Putin to receive a rock star welcome in Belgrade
BELGRADE: With T-shirts, mugs and murals bearing his face, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to receive a rock star welcome on Thursday when he lands in Serbia, Moscow’s key ally on the edge of Europe.Putin will be met with a welcome parade that weaves through the capital Belgrade and culminates at the massive Saint Sava church, one...
Giuliani: ‘I never said there was no collusion’ with Russia
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, on Wednesday insisted he “never said there was no collusion” between Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign and Russia – only that Trump himself was not involved.Speaking to CNN’s Chris Cuomo, the former New York mayor said he did not know if others...
Facebook to tighten political ad rules for 2019 elections
Facebook will be keeping an eye on political advertisers during a country’s election season. AFP File Photo Facebook said Tuesday it will tighten rules for political ads in countries with elections scheduled in the first half of the year, building on transparency efforts already underway in the United States, Britain and Brazil after a...
