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Naked Lady Politics
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 27.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | gender, politics, pornography, sexting, threat, Twitter
Summary | The author says that she teaches her daughter that the internet does not forget and that female nudity rarely benefits the nude woman in the long run. However, there seem to be contradicting cases. Women's and men's careers have been both destroyed and boosted by the leaking of nude images, sexting selfies, or revenge porn. Most recently, Donald Trump has been caught first defending his wife's honor and accusing Ted Cruz of posting nude footage of her modeling days to then later post images of his wife and Cruz's wife to make the point that his wife is hotter.
Image Description | Illustration with pin-up girl silhouettes.
Image Tags | female(s)
'WhatsYapp' dog collar claims to translate your pooch's barks into human language
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | texting, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsYapp is a smart dog collar that is supposed to help owners understand what their dogs want. Every time your dogs barks, the device translates the noise into words and sends you a message (like WhatsApp).
Image Description | Design of the smart collar prototype, smartphone screen displaying the picture of a dog and a conversation, two videos of pets
Image Tags | smartphone, text
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
Whatsapp users beware: Scam messages that appear to come from friends contain dodgy links to hijack your phone
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 2.2.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp has been a target of attack from scammers; users receive texts that appear to be coming from friends and that contain links to hijack your phone. People are then redirected to a fake website where they are offered a voucher and are asked to register. If users register personal details such as name, e-mail address, and phone number, they can end up with malware on their phone.
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Bullying police officer, 30, who attacked his 22-year-old girlfriend and sent her vicious WhatsApp message saying she was a 'n*****-loving c***' faces losing his job
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 22.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, texting, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A police officer attacked his girlfriend, sent her abusive WhatsApp messages, and destroyed her smartphone. He now faces the end of his career.
Image Description | Photograph of police officer Bobby Cooper and photograph of the Metropolitan Police headquarters,
Image Tags | male(s)
Two Saudi women are sentenced to 20 lashes for using bad language while arguing with each other over WhatsApp
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 24.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, game, gender, WhatsApp
Summary | Two Saudi women were sentenced to 10 days in prison and 20 lashes because they used bad language on WhatsApp. Saudi Arabia has been condemned numerous times for violating human and women's rights, and restricting freedom of expression. For instance, the game Pokemon Go was banned because it is similar to gambling.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone with the WhatsApp logo on the screen, and photograph of the city of Jeddah.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, WhatsApp
China Disrupts WhatsApp Service in Online Clampdown
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, Google, Instagram, privacy, threat, Twitter, WhatsApp
Summary | The Chinese government has partly shut down the use of WhatsApp within their borders. The app is widely used around the globe and was used by some in China do communicate with people outside of Chine with end-to-end encryption. Other popular social media platforms and internet sites like Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are blocked under the "Great Firewall" in China.
Image Description | Woman using a smartphone and women standing in front of Facebook and Instagram logos as well as emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook, female(s), Instagram, logo, smartphone
As Elites Switch to Texting, Watchdogs Fear Loss of Transparency
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 6.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, politics, privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | The powerful elites are using the end-to-end-encrypted WhatsApp to communicate sensitive information. Such strategies are adopted by politicians, high-profile representatives of major companies, and Wallstreet banker. The latter are lawfully obligated to save all communications for possible inspection but WhatsApp enables them to escape that law.
Image Description | Image of a man talking on the phone and another man reading some paperwork.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Rumors on WhatsApp Ignite 2 Mob Attacks in India, Killing 7
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 25.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | fake news, law, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | In India, a piece of fake news has spread on WhatsApp. It said that a number of children were abducted in the region. Promptly, a mob has formed of over twenty people hunting down the alleged child abducters and murdering them. The police had however not recorded any cases of child abduction in the area.
Image Description | Image of people burying the dead after a mob attack.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
WhatsApp Introduces End-to-End Encryption
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 5.4.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | Facebook has introduced end-to-end encryption for all WhatsApp communication including one-on-one and group chats and multimedia data sent in chats. This is a step to protect user privacy because breaches have happened in the past. The federal government however opposes this step because it denies the police access to communications which may be crucial to crack criminal cases.
Image Description | WhatsApp and Facebook logos.
Image Tags | Facebook, logo, WhatsApp
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