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Social Media: A Whole Sewer System
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21 August, 2026

Social Media: A Whole Sewer System

The New Arab/Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Cartoon of the Day by Palestinian-Jordanian editorial cartoonist Emad Hajjaj.

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A Pakistan man chats with his friend on an online network in the port city of Karachi on October 3, 2013. Pakistan's southern Sindh province will block access to online communication networks including Skype and WhatsApp for three months in a bid to curb terrorism
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