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The rise and rise of international diplomacy by WhatsApp
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 4.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politics, privacy, texting, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp diplomacy is a thing: when leaders gather to talk in the same room, they can exchange emojis and other documents to other people without the whole room knowing. WhatsApp is more secure than other government information systems and has been used at the UN and EU headquarters.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of diplomats looking at their phone, screenshot of a WhatsApp chat, photograph of a man holding a phone and a woman standing next to him (both are looking at the phone)
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text, WhatsApp
In the Apple Case, a Debate Over Data Hits Home
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, politics, privacy, research/study, smartphone, threat
Summary | Apple's refusal to aide the FBI with breaking into the phone of the San Bernardino attacker has unleashed a political debate among Americans. IT experts as well as lay people report that they have had discussions about the topic with other people, some say they have had fights over Facebook with family members about the issue. Polls show that the American people are hugely divided on the topic: 42% think Apple should cooperate with the FBI while 47% support Apple's stance to protect user privacy.
Image Description | Getty image of a protest crowd showing a man holding up his smartphone with the text: "Don't turn our phones into FBI drones".
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Darum ist Pokémon Go bei Muslimen verpönt
(This is why Pokémon Go is frowned upon by muslims)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 6.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, game, law, politics, privacy, threat
Summary | Many muslim authorities in varioius countries such as Saudi Arabia and Malaysia have declared Pokémon Go as wildly inappropriate for muslims. It references othher religions (with symbols) which allow for multiple gods along side each other, it propagates Darwin's theory of evolution, and most importantly: it constitutes gambling which is prohibited by the Qur'an. This does not mean that the state in Malaysia enforces that religious advice as a law. Non-muslim people are also worried about Pokémon Go but not because of ideological issues but because it can be seen as a surveillance scam and so a privacy breach hazard.
Image Description | Men playing Pokémon Go and portraits of a few male experts mentioned in the article.
Image Tags | game, male(s), smartphone
Datenverbrauch von Flüchtlingen übersteigt den von Airports
(Mobile data usage of refugees is greater than an airport's )
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 19.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | politics, smartphone
Summary | Refugees depend on their smartphones to access critical information and to stay in touch with their loved ones back home. This is why refugee shelter's number one request is that they offer the refugees broadband internet access. There is a huge telecommunications business catering to refugees' needs, offering the prepaid SIM cards and data packets for which they do not need a stable address.
Image Description | Two refugees in a shelter using a smartphone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Worüber Flüchtlinge auf Facebook sprechen
(What refugees talk about on Facebook)
Newspaper | Der Standard
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Austria
Topic Tags | Facebook, politics
Summary | Refugees use Facebook to inform themselves about the journey to europe and to keep in touch with their family and friends. Human traffickers openly advertize their services on Facebook. One can learn quite a lot about the general attitutes of refugees - what they think of Europe and what their intentions are. Among refugees, images of overfilled trains and busses are posted as memes and commented with "this is us going back after the war is over in Syria".
Image Description | Photograph of young men charging their smartphones in a van and a meme with arabic captions.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
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