Category: egypt

Uber clears a key hurdle to buying its Middle Eastern rival

Post author By Randall
Post date December 29, 2019
Categories In acquisition, careem, egypt, gear, Internet, middle east, Politics, regulation, ridesharing, services, Tech, Transportation, Uber

[ad_1] The company will have to drop exclusivity deals with partners and intermediaries. It’ll also cap its fare increases (beyond inflation) to 10 percent for its most common Uber X and Careem Go tiers. Surge pricing, meanwhile, can’t jump beyond 2.5 times the normal rate and can’t be applied to more than 30 percent of […]

Twitter bans thousands of state-backed accounts spreading misinformation

Post author By Randall
Post date September 20, 2019
Categories In accounts, ban, China, ecuador, egypt, Facebook, gear, Internet, misinformation, Politics, removes, Saudi Arabia, Security, spain, state-sponsored, Tech, Twitter, uae, united arab emirates

[ad_1] This is part of Twitter’s ongoing effort to sweep state-backed misinformation accounts from the platform. In June, Twitter removed nearly 4,800 accounts with ties to the Iranian government, and in August it banned nearly 1,000 accounts managed by the Chinese state and aimed at Hong Kong protests. In addition to targeting state-backed misinformation, Twitter […]