Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi, brother of a prominent preacher and government critic. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Court of Appeal has confirmed that detainee Mohammed Nasser Al-Ghamdi’s death sentence has been overturned and replaced with a 30-year prison term. Previously, 55-year-old Mohammed Al-Ghamdi was sentenced to death by the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh for … Read more
Academics who study social media say a suspected bot campaign associated with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent speaking event in northern Ontario likely was the work of an amateur. A rapid analysis conducted by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Social Media Lab (SML) concluded the bot campaign does not have the fingerprints of a sophisticated actor, but didn’t say … Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Court of Appeal has overturned the death sentence issued against a retired teacher, Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi, for tweeting about human rights. On July 9, 2023, 55-year-old Mohammed Al-Ghamdi was sentenced to death by the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh for his tweets criticising corruption and human rights violations. In … Read more
A new study found that, on the African continent, Johannesburg ranks in second place as the city that swears the most. Joburg swears the most in South Africa Word experts at WordTips analysed a total of 1.7 million English-language geotagged tweets against a database of 1 600 swear words to find out which countries swear … Read more
A woman who says she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the centre of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer sued the streaming giant on Thursday for defamation and is seeking at least $170 million US in damages. Fiona Harvey, a Scottish attorney living in England who says the character Martha on the widely viewed limited series is … Read more
