Social Media: The Front Lines of International Scandal and Crime
The internet and social media are being used as both battlegrounds for activism and cesspools of criminal activity with little to no regulation.
Tag Archives: iraq
The World News You Missed This Week – January 19, 2017
In the wake of the U.S. presidential election and the road to the inauguration, here is a special international media edition of World News You Missed. Earlier this month, Haaretz, an Israeli daily reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had offered media mogul Arnon Mozes a
The World News You Missed This Week – December 8, 2016
In Germany this week, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a ban on the “full veil” for Muslim women within the country. Germany, a country that has welcomed nearly one million immigrants this year, has taken a more conservative turn with this decision after recent attacks
The World News You Missed This Week – December 1, 2016
In the United Kingdom, the game of soccer has become synonymous with pedophilia and rape. So far, eight British Police Departments have come forward saying they have received hundreds of calls regarding sexual abuse by soccer coaches spanning all the way back to the 1970s.
Japanese Journalist Captured by Kurdish Fighters in Mosul
Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese freelance war correspondent was arrested by Kurdish authorities on November 1st. Tsuneoka, 46, was reporting on the Kurdish and Iraqi battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State control. The Associated Press reports that he was captured by Kurdish peshmerga forces who