UAE creates unified authority to govern media / Image: File The United Arab Emirates has issued a new Federal Decree-Law to establish the National Media Authority, a major step in reshaping how media is governed in the country. This move replaces three existing bodies, the UAE Media Council, National Media Office, and Emirates News Agency […]
Social media users Tuesday claimed that a Brown University student’s social media footprints were getting deleted as the manhunt for the shooter entered the fourth day, The law enforcement did not release the name of any suspect but social media users pointed out that the university removed the profile page of a student named Mustapha […]
After the US State Department started social media vetting on December 15, there is now no immediate approval or rejection of visa appeals and candidates are issued a 221(g) slip. Candidates are also being asked whether they made their social media accounts public and then the visa approval status is updated online. Users on Reddit […]
A Redditor shared the experience of his visa interview at India’s Chennai consulate as the social media vetting process began on December 15. The process put hundreds of visa applicants in a limbo as the consulates deferred the interview to next year, claiming that the social media vetting process would take time and hence consulates […]
Mizkif (via Mizkif/YouTube) Twitch streamer Matthew “Mizkif” has confirmed that his relationship with his girlfriend, Juice, has ended. The popular streamer shared the update exclusively in a YouTube Shorts video. The video was titled Breakup. In it, Mizkif spoke directly to his fans and explained why he has been absent from streaming in recent days.The […]
Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted on Monday in a landmark national security trial, a verdict that could see him sentenced to life in prison. The 78-year-old was found guilty of conspiracies to commit sedition and to collude with foreign forces in a case that […]
Checking social media before allowing entry into the country is not a new practice for the US but the new regulations only ensure that there will strict enforcement, Canada-based immigration attorney Benjamin Green said as Canadians, who don’t require a visa to enter the US, will also come under some kind of social media checking. […]
Visitors to the United States may soon be required to disclose five years of social media history under a new proposal from the Donald Trump administration. This was a direct attack on digital privacy and showed the true authority of US border rules under the MAGA movement. But what actually led to this decision? Was […]
A single Reddit post from a stranded Indian H-1B visa holder has gone viral as America’s visa new and strict processing system has left hundreds stuck in India with no way to return to their jobs in the US. American pollster and political commentator Mark Mitchell weighed in on X, describing how fragile the H1-B […]
The new proposal of the Donald Trump administration to seek five years of social media history has spread confusion as this rule will be imposed on people from countries that are on US visa waiver. The five-year social media history is the latest in a series of immigration crackdowns that the Trump administration unleashed this […]
