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Scarlett Yang

The benefits and flaws of child social media bans

Whether to legislate against Under-16s accessing a big part of contemporary society is a complex question involving law, technology, privacy, rights, and the nature of a child's development

Hala Al-Naji 13 February 2026
Al Majalla

Musk lifts the lid on X social media manipulators

A new update lets users see where an account is based, when it was created, and how often it has changed. Suddenly, highly political 'locals' are being exposed as frauds.

Marco Mossad 06 December 2025
Al Majalla

100 years on, television confronts the digital age

Exactly a century ago, images sent in the form of electronic signals via radio waves heralded a new invention, one that would shape politics, culture, and much else. Where next for TV?

Marco Mossad 12 October 2025
Brian Stauffer

Has X become the go-to social media platform of the far right?

Twitter was known for its liberalism. It has been transformed into a very different beast, posing implications for news provision and political debate in a year with the next race for the White House

Marco Mossad 21 May 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

TikTok: The most popular social media app in the US

Social media platforms have been the centre of controversy in recent years as concerns about their role in disseminating misinformation and scandals over data privacy have surfaced.Despite these…

Al Majalla - London 19 March 2024
A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: ‘Why?, Elon?’ Dave Murray

One year on, Elon Musk consolidates Twitter's ruin

A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: 'Why?, Elon?'

Khaled Kassar 14 December 2023
American scholar Kate Eichhorn believes that forgetting has become impossible in the digital age, which documents all of our movements. Shadi Alaa Aldin reviews her book, "The End of Forgetting". Shutterstock

The end of forgetting: Is social media holding us hostage to our pasts?

American scholar Kate Eichhorn believes that forgetting has become impossible in the digital age, which documents all of our movements. Shadi Alaa Aldin reviews her book, "The End of Forgetting".

Shadi Alaa Aldin 16 June 2023
A boom in cosmetic surgery among Syrian women has sparked talk of a link between the country’s war and perceptions of beauty there. Nawar Jabbour looks into the trend, also driven by social media. Nathalie Lees

Syrians seek solace in cosmetic surgery

With the war in their country not yet entirely over, people there are seeking solace by wearing a new face, perhaps as a distraction from lingering suffering

Nawwar Jabbour 29 April 2023
The TikTok war between the US and China is rooted not only in Washington’s fear of potential threats to national security but also a wider clash of cultures and freedoms. Nicola Ferrarese

The TikTok war is about more than technology

The TikTok war between the US and China is rooted not only in Washington's fear of potential threats to national security but also a wider clash of cultures and freedoms.

Khaled Kassar 29 April 2023
Stellar growth made TikTok one of the world's most popular social media apps, but Western countries are accusing the platform of being an agent of China. Nash Weerasekera

TikTok under attack amid fears it is harvesting data 

Stellar growth made TikTok one of the world's most popular social media apps, but Western countries are accusing the platform of being an agent of China

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 10 March 2023
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Israel's race for regime change in Iran

03 March 2026

Israel knows its military operation cannot last forever, so it is racing to either kill or fatally wound the Islamic Republic before the clock runs out

Michael Horowitz
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Business & Economy

Oil prices soar as US-Iran war sparks supply worries

04 March 2026

European gas prices have jumped by 30% after some big GCC oil and gas producers cut supplies, and now a vital maritime trade route is being threatened. The stakes have seldom been higher.

Thuraya Shahin
Deena So Oteh
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Khamenei's killing opens up a strategic abyss

01 March 2026

Gulf states' delicate balancing act—maintaining security partnerships with the US while cautiously reopening channels to Iran—has been shattered

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
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Alireza Arafi: the cleric charged with selecting Iran's next Supreme Leader

02 March 2026

A clerical member of the Guardian Council, he was selected to serve on the Leadership Council along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei

Alex Vatanka
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Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran

02 March 2026

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions

Emma Ashford

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