News of internet

Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?

05-10-2021 09:11 Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant. But what actually caused the outage?

Digital divide

32% of Argentine households without fixed Internet connection, says report

11-06-2021 01:53 Almost a third of households in Argentina do not have a fixed Internet connection, says new report. Huge disparity in access nationwide.

NATION v TECH GIANT

Argentina orders Facebook to suspend WhatsApp data sharing

17-05-2021 17:59 Government orders Facebook to suspend its data use policy allowing it to collect information from users of its WhatsApp messaging app.

BIG TECH, MASSIVE PROFITS

Amazon caps blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports

29-04-2021 12:15 A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech culminated Thursday with Amazon crushing forecasts of how much money it would rake in from pandemic-revved online shopping and growing reliance on internet-hosted services.

SEARCH FOR A DIGITAL MANIFESTO

News in the age of the Internet

27-02-2021 07:51 At stake is the health of our information ecosystem, and therefore the robustness of democracy. This is the time for everyone with a vested interest in a strong field of journalistic production to act.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

MEDIA

Latin American newspapers bet on digital subscriptions

26-01-2021 08:52 Latin America's newspapers, affected financially by the migration of readers to the Internet, are betting on subscription modes to secure their future.

Data journalism

How to hunt down a hate group on the Internet

06-01-2021 05:00 In the second of two articles on hate speech and online communication, technology expert Julio López explores how to become involved in the fight against messages of discrimination and prejudice on social networks.

by Julio López

Hate & social media

Hate groups flourish on social networks in Argentina

05-01-2021 05:00 In the first of a two-part series on hate speech and online communication, technology expert Julio López explores how easy it is for messages of discrimination and prejudice to spread on social networks.

by Julio López, via PERFIL

EMERGENCY DECREE

Government freezes TV, Internet and mobile phone prices until 2021

21-08-2020 22:59 The government announced late Friday that is extending a price freeze for TV, Internet and mobile service until the end of the year, deeming them “essential public services.”

CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online

17-07-2020 00:24 A new conspiracy theory is sweeping the globe – self-proclaimed Internet sleuths are claiming that US retail giant Wayfair is selling trafficked children via its website.

TECHNOLOGY

Argentina holds talks with Huawei over adoption of 5G technology

08-07-2020 15:29 Government holds talks with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei as it explores options for the adoption of advanced 5G technology.

Is cash still King?

Cash, long a refuge in uncertain times, now under suspicion

20-05-2020 08:23 In troubled times, people have been known to hoard currency. But in the coronavirus crisis, things are different. Cash, so often a source of reassurance, is now a source of suspicion.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government decree blocks providers from cutting utilities for three months

25-03-2020 16:52 Decree blocks cutting off of "essential services" – such as electricity, gas, water, telephone, Internet – to vulnerable sectors and small businesses if they haven't paid their bills.

WHISTLEBLOWERS

Website for Latin American whistleblowers launched

20-02-2020 17:45 A secure internet site designed to "train whistleblowers" as well as to facilitate anonymous complaints of corruption and damage to the environment in Latin America where they often face retaliation.

News of internet

Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?

32% of Argentine households without fixed Internet connection, says report

Argentina orders Facebook to suspend WhatsApp data sharing

Amazon caps blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports

News in the age of the Internet

Latin American newspapers bet on digital subscriptions

How to hunt down a hate group on the Internet

Hate groups flourish on social networks in Argentina

Government freezes TV, Internet and mobile phone prices until 2021

Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online

Argentina holds talks with Huawei over adoption of 5G technology

Cash, long a refuge in uncertain times, now under suspicion

Government decree blocks providers from cutting utilities for three months

Website for Latin American whistleblowers launched

Venezuela ex-intel chief claims Hugo Chávez sent Kirchners US$21 million

Nearly 200 IMF staffers urge Georgieva to explain softening of Brazil climate language

Argentina to begin applying third dose of Covid vaccine to elderly

UBA awards Emmanuel Macron a doctorate for work on environment

Biden's nominee for US envoy criticises Argentina’s policy on Venezuela and Cuba

La reacción de Fernando Iglesias cuando le rechazaron el pedido de juicio político a Aníbal Fernández

Elecciones 2021 | Según una encuesta Santilli supera en cinco puntos a Tolosa Paz

La ácida respuesta de Feletti a Larreta evocando a Cristina Kirchner: "Vos sabés que sí"

Victoria Tolosa Paz se defendió por su video comprando en un shopping: “No tengo por qué someterme al escarnio público”

Rosenkrantz avisó a la Corte Suprema que no se excusará en causas de sus ex clientes