US senators urge Donald Trump administration to list Al Jazeera as 'foreign agent' for acting as Qatar govt's 'alter ego'
• 6 years agoA group of influential US lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to get Al Jazeera listed as a 'foreign agent', saying the state-owned media company of Qatar has 'inherently engaged' in political activities and sought to influence public opinion in America.
Google says it does not change algorithm to re-rank individual websites
• 7 years agoA Google spokeswoman confirmed the letter had been sent by the company but provided no further comment.
Google's lower ranking of Sputnik and Russia Today articles would be censorship: Russia foreign ministry
• 7 years agoGoogle was working to give less prominence to “those kinds of websites” as opposed to delisting them said Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.
Russia to take action against Google if Sputnik and Russia Today are placed lower in its search results
• 7 years agoBoth of the websites spread misinformation and published stories that were negative toward Hillary Clinton during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets after allegations of election interference
• 8 years agoElection-meddling is “not something we want on Twitter,” the San Francisco-based social network said in an unsigned statement.
Fears growing as Facebook and Twitter admit that Russia used their network to spread discord
• 8 years agoJust a few years ago, Facebook and Twitter were hailed as tools for democracy activists, enabling movements like the Arab Spring to flourish.
Russian broadcaster defends ad campaigns purchase decisions on Twitter during US elections
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoTwitter, whose executives testified before US lawmakers on Thursday, has suspended about 200 Russian-linked accounts as it probes alleged online efforts to meddle in the 2016 US election by Moscow.
Twitter discloses that it banned 200 Russia-linked accounts being used for spreading misinformation during US Presidential elections
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoTwitter says that around 450 accounts that Facebook had disclosed information on, it was found that 22 of those had corresponding Twitter accounts as well
Russian Media Blames CoD for Airport Bombing
Nash • 14 years agoRussian media points fingers at Modern Warfare 2 blaming No Russian mission for airport bombing.