Police scouring social media, warn protest organisers against planning any demos
Police said on Thursday they had identified and warned certain members of the public who were planning to participate in demonstrations after the health minister...
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More than 25% of Cypriots concerned about internet security
More than one in four Cypriots aged between 16 and 74, 28 per cent of the population, claimed to have avoided providing personal information to...
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to face same EU rules on hateful content
Facebook, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Twitter and other social media will for the first time be subject to EU broadcasting rules on hate speech and harmful content under European...
Trump takes on social media, threatens with shut downs
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies on Thursday, White House officials said after Trump threatened to shut down...
Under Europe’s virus lockdown, social media proves a lifeline
Hundreds of millions of Europeans are getting to grips with weeks of a massively contracted existence under lockdown. The goal is clear and very serious...
Cyprus businesses fourth on EU list for utilising social media
Cyprus is number four on the list of EU countries with a high number of enterprises using social media, newly published Eurostat figures show. In...
Man remanded in Nicosia on suspicion of sending child porn material (Update)
A 38-year-old man from Nicosia was remanded for four days on Sunday in connection with a case concerning possession of child porn material. The man...
Limassol mayor seeking legal action over bicycle lane travesty
Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides has sought legal advice over the possibility of charging municipal workers for constructing a bicycle lane that sparked widespread derision on...
Four held after man robbed at meeting arranged on social media
Police on Sunday arrested four people in connection with an armed robbery earlier in the day in Nicosia. According to a police announcement, a 27-year-old...
Paphos municipality offer a new quick-fix pothole service
Paphos municipality is tackling the problem of dangerous numerous potholes in the roads and in the fastest way possible, by using social media and getting...
Spread of social media threatens the holders of power
By Farid Mirbagheri Social media has played a significant role in the world of politics. In the United States alone this revolutionary medium of communication helped...
Archbishop called out for ‘callous’ cancer remark
Archbishop Chrysostomos sparked public ire this week after a comment he made about his battle with cancer. Commenting on his condition, the Church primate said...
Facebook struggles into day 2 of global outage (update)
March 13 (Reuters) – Instagram is back up after suffering a partial outage for over several hours, the photo-sharing social network platform said in a...
Under three-quarters of businesses have own websites
Just over 70 per cent of Cypriot companies had their own websites in 2018, slightly down over the previous year but under half of the...
Man remanded for blackmailing girls into sending nude photos
A 20-year-old man from Nicosia was remanded on Monday for eight days after allegedly blackmailing three underage girls between the ages of 12 and 14...
Like me in order to like you, love me in order to love you!
By Christos P. Panayiotides THE MOBILE telephone and all the applications or “apps”, which go with it, have compressed time and distance to negligible proportions,...
7 tips in marketing your business through Social Media
Modern society revolves around technology and mobile devices. These days, you can find your potential customers on social media platforms and promote your business. But...
Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over politics and the internet
Top Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc executives will defend their companies before U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, with Facebook insisting it takes election interference seriously and...
White House probes Google after Trump accuses it of bias
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google’s search engine of promoting negative news articles and hiding “fair media” coverage of him, vowing to address...
Apple, YouTube, and others drop conspiracy theorist Jones
Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, Facebook Inc and Spotify all took down podcasts and channels from U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying on Monday that...