SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: HAYTHEM GUESMI In the aftermath of the January 6 right-wing insurrection on Capitol Hill in Washington, the role social media played in these events came into the media spotlight in the United States. For years, fringe ideologues had used online platforms undisturbed to promote their extreme ideologies and conspiracies and recruit a … Continued
By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Writer WhatsApp is one of the most popular apps in the world with usage time the highest of all apps internationally. It is less popular in the United States, but throughout Europe, Asia, and the Arab world its wildly popular. In the Arab world at least 84% of people are … Continued
By Emily Tain/Arab America Contributing Writer TikTok, the hottest social media app in almost every country has come under fire recently due to data mining concerns. Made in China, the app is home to 800 million active users and has been downloaded “over 2 billion times” since … Continued
By: Emily Tain/Arab America Contributing Writer With social media platforms growing by the minute, globalization has been as easy as ever. At the click of a button, you can share content with millions upon millions of users worldwide. Coming in at #2 on the Apple App Store, TikTok is an up and coming app for … Continued
Gulf Business By: Jackson Chasen-Buckley/Arab America Contributing Writer A new report detailing the Arab world’s social media use released earlier this year. Professor Damian Radcliffe of the University of Oregon in conjunction with Ph.D. student Hadil Abuhmaid compiled a variety of key findings of social media in the Middle East. The report includes major social … Continued
Source: Instagram/Huda Kattan By: Jason Lemon Source: Stepfeed Ranking alongside the likes of Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna and J. K. Rowling, Dubai-based beauty blogger Huda Kattan has been listed as one of The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet by TIME. The Iraqi-American social media star is quite possibly also “the most influential … Continued
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