The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In today’s Fix: more bad news from the IMF; Cork toddler cleared of rare cancer by US treatment; and New York police make further grim discoveries in Long Island.
View ArticleTwitter user inadvertently live-blogs deadly attack on Bin Laden
The IT consultant living in Abbottabad – the city where Osama bin Laden was killed – was initially annoyed by the noise of a helicopter hovering over his roof.
View ArticleGay Syrian blogger kidnapped by armed men
Amina Arraf, author of ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ had written posts and given them to her cousin in case anything happened to her. Her family believe she is alive and well.
View ArticleDoubts over the identity of kidnapped Syrian blogger
Images used to portray the blogger Amina Arraf have been revealed as those of a London woman, who says she’s never met Arraf.
View Article“Too salty”: Jail time for blogger after negative restaurant review
Blogger’s review crossed the line, according to a Taiwanese judge.
View ArticleThe 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: ESB workers to vote on strike action, is Norris preparing for one last tilt at the Áras? And Ireland’s newest blogger – you’ve probably heard of him…
View ArticleChina to tighten Internet control with new rules
China’s government plans to extend nationwide a requirement for microblog users to register with their real names as part of a sweeping update of rules governing the Internet.
View ArticleKing Joffrey had a very awkward encounter in Dublin
ARGH. Also, he is turning down sex.
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai to visit Ireland next week
Malala Yousafzai is to receive the Tipperary International Peace Prize in honour of her campaign work to ensure girls’ access to education across the developing world.
View ArticleMicrosoft admits it snooped on blogger’s emails to track company leaks
The decision was taken after an ex-Microsoft employee leaked early copies of Windows 8 and Windows 7 to a tech blogger.
View ArticleBlogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
Raef Badawi has been behind bars since 2012.
View ArticleSaudi blogger’s flogging for “insulting Islam” postponed
Raif Badawi criticised clerics and the kingdom’s notorious religious police.
View ArticleProtest outside Saudi Embassy for blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for...
Raif Badawi criticised clerics and the kingdom’s notorious religious police.
View ArticleGoogle’s blogging site is banning anything that resembles porn
Unless it’s artistic, then it’s fine.
View ArticleSecond blogger ‘brutally hacked to death’ in Bangladesh
He had criticised fundamentalist Islamic views.
View ArticleSaudi court upholds 10 year jail sentence and 1,000 lashes for blogger
The father of two has been behind bars since 2012 for setting up the website ‘Saudi Arabian Liberals’.
View ArticleWATCH: Why this Instagram star revealed she was ‘living a fake life’
She has deleted thousands of photos and quit social media.
View ArticleThe woman who went viral with her story of ‘parent sex’ has another message...
She’s back, and it’s reached even more people than last time.
View ArticleLegal threat to Irish blogger
Prof. John Crown threatens legal action over a blog post in which he was criticised.
View ArticleCrown accepts Herbert apology
But the Prof is considering further legal action against media outlets.
View ArticleArtist imagines Incredible Hulk’s anatomy
If you have ever wondered what the real-life anatomy of the Incredible Hulk would be like, wonder no more. Someone has drawn it.
View ArticleVideo: Internet censorship in China explained
Blogger Michael Anti explains how the social media space works in a country where site like Twitter and Facebook are blocked.
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