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The #NotInMyName campaign against religious violence inspired rallies across India. Photo: Hindustan Times

India, South Asia

Murder of Muslim teen on train sparks nationwide protests

by Asia Times staff June 28, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese man (left) showed his genitals to a Filipina (right) on a tram. Photo: Fame Lavender Pink@Facebook

China, Hong Kong, Middle East

Quick-thinking woman’s video of HK tram flasher goes viral

by Asia Times staff June 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. Photo: S/Valery Sharifulin/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool TPX

Afghanistan, India, South Asia, World

How Modi subverts, starves and saturates the media

by Tej Parikh June 19, 2017June 25, 2017

Facebook users came to the financial rescue when a vada vendor in Coimbatore lost his foot. Photo: iStock

India, South Asia, World

Facebook community digs deep to help amputee vada vendor

by Asia Times staff June 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image. Photo: iStock

China pulls plug on purveyors of celebrity gossip

by Yiling Pan June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

Security officials cordon off an area after a bomb blast in Quetta, Baluchistan in August last year. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ falling short on two fronts

by Salman Rafi June 6, 2017

US journalist Megyn Kelly meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Russian city of St Petersburg. Photo: Megyn Kelly

India, Russia, South Asia, World

Twitter users mock ‘clueless American’ after Modi interview

by Asia Times staff June 2, 2017February 18, 2020

MacRitchie Reservoir Park Photo: Google Map, Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Singapore, World

Cobra-python fight video goes viral in Singapore

by Asia Times staff June 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Source: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers / QuestMobile

China

Tencent’s WeChat has completely taken over China’s mobile internet

by Asia Unhedged June 2, 2017February 18, 2020

WeChat has just launched a significant new feature allowing domestic Chinese users to synchronize Moments posts to Facebook and Twitter. Photo: iStock

China

WeChat starts conversation with blocked foreign sites

by Jessica Rapp May 25, 2017May 25, 2017

Twitter was down on Tuesday morning in Hong Kong.

AT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

Twitter, Facebook down in several Asian countries

by Johan Nylander May 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP / Loic Venance

AT Finance, European Union, Vietnam, World

Facebook’s fake news strategy sure to fail

by Paul Ralph May 2, 2017February 18, 2020

From left: Defense Ministers Hossein Dehghan of Iran, Khawaja Asif of Pakistan and Raul Jungmann of Brazil attend the annual Moscow Conference on International Security on April 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters

European Union, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Moscow conference calls for global counterterrorism dialogue

by Tatiana Kanunnikova May 1, 2017May 2, 2017

Photo: Reuters

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Jammu and Kashmir state censors 22 social media services

by Kenny Hodgart April 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A protest at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on April 11, 2017, follows the forcible removal of Dr David Dao from a United Airlines flight on April 9 by Chicago Aviation Police. Photo: Reuters/Kamil Krzaczynski

AT Finance, Beijing, Chengdu, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

United faces social media circus, not brand meltdown, in Asia

by Jeremy Luedi April 13, 2017

Activists form a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against Aids, in 2010. Photo: Reuters

Middle East, Russia, World

Russian Aids denialism spreads via online social networks

by Peter Meylakhs, Yadviga Sinyavskaya and Yuri Rykov April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube is under rising censorship pressure in communist Vietnam. Photo: Reuters /Lucy Nicholson

AT Finance, China, European Union, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Vietnam leverages Google, YouTube hate speech failings

by Ma Nguyen March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Ushi was meant to be China's answer to LinkedIn, but failed to take off. Photo: Aly Song, Reuters

China, Middle East, World

Explore networking social media sites in the land of guanxi

by Carly O'Connell March 18, 2017

A screen grab of the video showing a passenger K.O. a peer with his backpack. Photo:MTR/Youtube

China, Hong Kong

Bags down or you might KO passengers: MTR warns

by Asia Times staff March 7, 2017February 18, 2020

A counter promoting WeChat is displayed in Hong Kong. Photo: Bobby Yip, Reuters

Why WeChat is not the next big thing for foreign companies

by Carly O'Connell March 1, 2017

A domestic worker was seen kicking a dog on street in Wan Chai. Photo: Facebook /ng ng

China, Hong Kong

Video of maid kicking dog sparks social media controversy

by Asia Times staff March 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Tea eggs. Photo: Pixabay

Beijing, China, Taiwan, World

From tea eggs to tech giant: Changing perceptions of identity

by Lin Wanxia February 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian Muslim demonstrators attend a protest against Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama outside the North Jakarta court as he stands trial for blasphemy in Jakarta on December 13, 2016. The case has stoked fears of growing intolerance in the Muslim-majority nation. Photo: AFP/ Adek Berry

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, World

Fake news fuels Indonesian intolerance

by Yuli Ismartono January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

India, Middle East, South Asia, World

India’s ruling BJP’s social media strategy is abusive

by Kadayam Subramanian January 5, 2017January 5, 2017

China's nine-year compulsory education system covering primary and middle school must remain free and be non-profit making, according to a law passed by the National People's Congress on Novermber 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why we must empower global youth with technology

by Ola Jo Tandre December 22, 2016December 22, 2016

Uncategorized

India’s Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi Twitter accounts hacked

by Ben Richardson December 2, 2016