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He did not collapse, said the reporter, Aziz Ozen, who works for Hurriyet, one of Turkeys leading newspapers. He just leaned to his left, and they got him right away.

A government official declined to provide any more details on the incident, instead offering a Turkish news report saying that the president had fainted.

According to Turkish protocol, if Mr. Erdogan had been incapacitated for a longer period of time, he would have been temporarily replaced by the speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Ismail Kahraman, a lawmaker from Mr. Erdogans party.

In metaphorical terms, however, Mr. Erdogans absence would leave a void. He has been the central figure in Turkish politics for a decade and a half, and he has succeeded in isolating most of his rivals, both within his party and outside it.

His son-in-law, Berat Albayrak, Turkeys energy minister, is often mentioned as a potential successor. But he lacks Mr. Erdogans personal appeal.

Mr. Erdogans health scare occurred at the end of the month of Ramadan, when Mr. Erdogan, a Muslim, had been fasting during daylight hours.

It follows a series of diplomatic crises involving Mr. Erdogans government. In recent weeks, Turkey has sided with Qatar in its spat with most of its neighbors, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are angered by Qatari foreign policy.

In a show of solidarity, Mr. Erdogans government agreed to send more Turkish troops to join those already in Qatar. After Saudi Arabia criticized the move, Mr. Erdogan reacted angrily on Saturday, calling the Saudis disrespectful.

Mr. Erdogan is also angry with the United States. In Syria, the American government is working with Syrian Kurdish militias whom Turkey views as terrorists. In Washington, American officials have issued arrest warrants for a group of Mr. Erdogans bodyguards who were filmed assaulting protesters during Mr. Erdogans visit last month.

That furor has now threatened to add a new tension to Turkish-German relations. There have been reports in the German news media suggesting that the German government had told Turkey the bodyguards involved in the Washington incident would not be welcome in Hamburg for a Group of 20 summit meeting in early July.

Officials in Berlin declined on Monday to confirm the news reports. But Martin Schfer, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said that he could assume with a good conscience that these people who have been incriminated by American judicial authorities wont set foot on German soil in the foreseeable future, including during the G-20 summit.

Ralf Martin Meyer, the chief of police in Hamburg, told the German newspaper Bild on Monday that a clear message had been sent to Turkish officials that we will not accept something like this, he said, referring to the incident in Washington.

Some 15,000 police officers are expected to be deployed to secure the streets of Hamburg during the international summit meeting, the first in more than a decade to be held in a German city. Hamburg has a long tradition of extreme leftist groups and a lively anarchist scene that has been plotting for months to disrupt the arrival of the delegates.

Hamburg is also home to roughly 90,000 Turks and their descendants, many of them ethnic Kurds. That has prompted worries about possible clashes between Mr. Erdogans supporters and opponents, beyond the general disruption sought by leftist organizers.

Mr. Meyer said that German police officers would not hesitate to detain anyone involved in clashes, regardless of their motivation. We would move very swiftly and very clearly against this, the police chief said. Here on the streets of Hamburg, we alone have such authority.

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Patrick Kingsley reported from Istanbul, and Melissa Eddy from Berlin.

A version of this article appears in print on June 27, 2017, on Page A5 of the New York edition with the headline: Erdogan Says Blood Sugar Caused Scare Over Health.

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The promise of 5G includes faster internet, greater mobile connectivity for businesses, and the ability to take futuristic digital experiences like VR and AR mainstream. With such limitless potential, the question becomes just how 5G will change the way people use their devices.

To find out whats coming, I asked a group of entrepreneurs fromYEC the following question:

How do you see 5G changing the way consumers or businesses use the internet in the next five years?

The faster your internet the more you can do with it. Faster internet will allow consumers to use live video while consumers and brands interact on a real-time basis. There will also be more virtual reality opportunities on the go with 5G. Live streaming video can still be unstable with 4G, but when 5G emerges we will reach speeds that allow us to truly become one with our customers. Joe Apfelbaum,Ajax Union

Its estimatedby the year 2020,90 percentof people over 6 years old will have a cell phone. This means that if youre not focused on making your business experience better on mobile, youll miss out. Millennials like myself give something a try. You have five seconds of our attention. If your website, app or businessdoesnt work, Ill never use it again and make sure my friends dont either. You have only one chance. Make sure everything loads fast, works right and is catered to the 50 percent of the worlds population under 30 years old. John Rampton,Due

5G will bring wireless internet to businesses everywhere. Instead of having cables connecting your business to the internet, 5G will open the way for your business to consume the internet in more ways. Not only will you not be tethered to a wired system, but your workforce can take a broader bandwidth with them out in the field, giving you greater mobility and faster internet. 5G opens the door for truly wireless connectivity everywhere. Nicole Munoz,Start Ranking Now

Usually, when businesses or consumers send reports to developers after software crashes, diagnostics can take up to two hours. Withthe prevalence of Smart technology, well be looking at the connectedness of driverless cars, smart homes and meters all accessible from one point. So for instance, if a washing machine malfunctions, it will be cheaper for the consumer to fix it instead of hiring a professional, simply by sharing the data from the machine through the cloud. Consumer technology will be able to save energy depending on the scenario and machines will be more intuitive. Cody McLain,SupportNinja

Obviously mobile will rule the business space, but other technologies, like augmented reality and virtual reality, will also become mainstream and, most importantly, will change marketing as we know it. The term digital experience. which is considered just jargon today, will become associated with tangible ROIs. (Think live walking directions, on-the-go product prices, hologram video conferencing, etc.) As marketers, the world of online marketing as we know it will seep into a new realm. It just furthers the thought that all businesses must invest in futuristic digital marketing strategies. Pratham Mittal,Outgrow

To fulfill its true potential, augmented reality needsa lot ofprocessing power. For the foreseeable future, battery and processing constraints will limit on-device capabilities. Today, we have the cloud, but theres a limit to how much real-time cloud processing we can do with current bandwidths. 5G could change all that, allowing for real-time cloud processing and truly responsive augmented reality applications for mobile devices. Vik Patel,Future Hosting

As internet speeds increase because of innovations with 5G and beyond, there will be a number of very large industries that I expect will move almost entirely to mobile. One of the areas I see firsthand where people prefer mobile is online travel. With the success of mobile travel companies like HotelTonight (which is entirely mobile), consumers are sending a message that they want to leverage thebest of mobile, such as GPS sorting of hotels, access to real-time inventory, and deep discounts through auction-style pricing. As mobile speed flourishes, so will mobile travel. Obinna Ekezie,Wakanow.com

Look to South Korea, where more people per capita use the internet than elsewhere. South Korea is the world leader in internet speed with an average of 26 Mbits/s, twice as fast as the U.S. The material impact of faster network access is that more people go online. Thats why Google spends billions of dollars each year making the search results faster. Furthermore, it allows people to move to mobile-first, or mobile-only, and give up desktops and broadband. This lower cost of entry to high-speed internet only increases the pool of internet uses. Whether for B2C or B2B, this all just increases the size of the addressable market. Fan Bi,Blank Label

With faster reliable 5G internet communications, we can see larger sets of video content in live video, virtual reality and augmented reality being delivered in different consumer mobile hardware. Additional data can be sent, processed and crunched in real time for applications in medicine including medical imaging, expert systems, and other autonomous systems that can utilize intensive data processing and real-time computing of large video, images, and other data capturing sources. Nemoy Rau,US Biometrix

The companies that choose to embrace 5G mobile technology could not only decrease their operation costs internally, but also increase their connectivity among employees that either work remotely or travel frequently. With 5G projecting to be 40 times faster than 4G, businesses will be able to utilize the new speeds as well as the rise of IoT to change the way they do business with their customers and employees. Anthony Pezzotti,Knowzo.com

With current mobile technology, theres still a clear divide between on-device storage and processing, and cloud storage and processing. 5G, with its much greater bandwidth, is likely to marge that difference. The cloud will always outpace on-device capabilities, but with bandwidths orders of magnitude faster, it wont matter. Every application on a mobile device will have real-time access to almost limitless storage and processing power. Justin Blanchard,ServerMania Inc.

High bandwidth and video content will become much more prevalent. Right now, companies focus on page speed load times to make it work fast on mobile networks. With 5G, bandwidth shouldnt be a concern. The use of video content will explode with 5G, as will thepresence of 3D content. These content types will expand the type of content and how its presented, giving brands a lot more flexibility to deliver rich mobile experiences that are currently limited by todays bandwidth. Dan Golden,Be Found Online

TNW originally published this piece in November of 2016. We sometimes update and/or re-publish articles from our archives that are fun, informative, or highly-relevant like this one.

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Everyone whos visited the internet has seen the ugliness that a websites comment section can host. Oftentimes, hate, slander and generally ignorant comment threads will bury genuine, insightful and civil discussion, leaving readers frustrated and hostile to say nothing of the irrelevant trolling, name-calling and spam that will just as often flood the page. How is a news organization meant to combat this? Some, like the New York Times, will strictly moderate each comment and leave articles open for comments for only a brief period. NPR shut down their comment sections in August of 2016, electing to move the discussion over to their myriad of social media platforms, as has Business Insider.

Although approaches such as these may hide inflammatory and discriminatory posts, they come at the cost of curbing free and open expression, as well as weakening the channels for direct communication between content creators and their audiences. While comment sections can easily become choked with vile posts, they still offer an open platform for the exchange of ideas, and the unfiltered expression of the audiences honest reactions to the content. The comment sections primary purpose is to enable conversation, and while its understandable that content creators would only want to see civil discussion, teetering at the edges of censorship is not the way to go.

Ultimately, inflammatory comments are an unavoidable aspect of the internet. Rather than shut down comment sections altogether, or constantly regulate each and every comment, an alternative solution is for websites to ask their users upfront to adhere to a loose set of community guidelines aimed at encouraging an environment of relevant and open discussion. Its inevitable that some users will still post comments that others will not like, but instead of silencing those users, the website can, in addition to maintaining community guidelines, give each user the tools to block or hide posts which they find objectionable. A solution like this gives users more power over what they can see, and allows for free discussions without moderators having to constantly regulate or ban anyone.

The existence of abusive and hateful comments can be credited to the nature of the internet itself as an open and wild platform that can never be truly, completely controlled. Anyone can put anything out there, and while this isnt an inherently bad aspect, many people use that power for malicious ends, particularly in comment sections. As much as an article or videos comment section allows for interaction between the creator and the audience, it also allows for the audience members to be as spiteful and confrontational as they please. It would be easy to chalk this up to the anonymity that being online affords you: Some websites allow commenters to post completely anonymously, but even if they dont, you can make an account with a fake name and profile, then flame and troll all you want with little to no repercussions. Even if you get banned, you can just make a new profile ad infinitum.

There may not be any absolute blanket solution to alleviate this issue. However, one way of addressing it may be to limit or remove anonymity as an option for posting online, and require users to log into and use their Facebook profile to post comments, as some websites currently do. This could cause users to be more careful about their posts, since it can be tied to their real identities. There are plenty of comments online that users would not be willing to say with their real name attached to it, since they would be held accountable and possibly get in trouble for what they say. Potentially, this could serve to reduce the amount of abuse and venom that we see online.

However, this solution could also be ineffectual. The problem is that anyone can make a fake social media profile, Facebook profiles included. Besides that, despite the added accountability, people make poor decisions with their personal social media all the time. Consider the Harvard freshmen who recently got their admission offers revoked for posting obscene memes and jokes on Facebook. And besides them, there is no shortage of examples of people getting fired or arrested for posting things that can be considered unprofessional, threatening or illegal. Consider also that Facebook, Twitter and other social media are no haven from toxic and idiotic comments in general. While one would think that having your real name and reputation at stake for what you post online would serve to curb abusive and hateful content, it seems that vitriolic posts and comments will always crop up here or there.

Another aspect to weigh is whether there are situations where anonymity can be more valuable than accountability. For some users, remaining anonymous is the only way in which they feel comfortable expressing how they truly feel about certain sensitive topics, or to talk about their personal experiences without fear of compromising their privacy or that of their friends or family. However, just because there are some legitimate uses for anonymity online doesnt discount that many users also abuse their anonymity to harass, stalk and bother others. Although having your identity tied to your online presence may not always deter users from posting hateful content, complete anonymity and the lack of accountability also allows plenty of users to harass and attack others all they want, meaning that neither of these extremes can work for keeping comment sections civil and constructive.

Dealing with online comments is a tricky business. Comment sections can be informative and spark thoughtful conversation, but are also home to a myriad of spam and worthless and generally terrible posts by users who have nothing better to do. However, it is not the job of a websites moderator to obsessively monitor each and every comment or rule with an iron fist. Instead, sites that allow comments should establish guidelines for the kind of content they want to see, and then give the the users the power to respond as they will. In order to facilitate a free and open discourse, the policing of comments should only be kept to a bare minimum, such as removing posts which incite or threaten violence or contain other illegal content. Free expression is essential for intellectual conversation, and maintaining that means coexisting with speech that not all users will appreciate.

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IQALUIT, Nunavut Social media plays a central role in a five-year plan aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Nunavut.

Just about everyone up here has a Facebook account, said David Lawson, an RCMP officer who is president of the Embrace Life Council, which helped produce the plan along with the Nunavut government, RCMP and other organizations.

Lawson said the plan, outlined Monday at Facebooks Boost Your Community summit in Iqaluit, replaces a temporary one put in place last year.

A summit was held in Iqaluit in May 2016 with representatives from across Nunavut to share ideas on what was working and what else was needed, Lawson said.

One of the things that we heard during the summit last year is that we need to make sure the work that were doing reaches more Nunavummiut _people of Nunavut _ and especially the youth, and one of the means that people suggested was social media, Lawson said.

Collaborating with Facebook for this launch will allow us to reach out to them better.

The Canadian average suicide rate is 11 per 100,000 people, but Nunavuts rate is 117. For Inuit males between 15 and 29, the rate is almost 40 times the national figure.

But Facebook use in the North is also higher than the national average, said Kevin Chan, head of public policy for Facebook Canada.

They are really using the platform as a primary way to communicate with each other. And we do see that in many communities that are more rural and more remote, said Chan, who was at Mondays summit.

Up in the North, Facebook really is the platform for communication.

The social media platform already has ways a user can anonymously report a friends distressing posts, but Chan said Facebook will now provide a link to a Health Canada wellness line that is culturally sensitive to Indigenous people.

Lawson said the Nunavut summit last year also noted it was difficult for local groups with solutions to slog through the paperwork and proposals they needed to complete in order to secure funding.

He said the new five-year plan will address that with a fund for programs, large or small, that help prevent suicide _ anything from mental health services and pre-natal care to early childhood education.

Weve made it so its easier for them to access, its easier to do up their proposals, he said.

George Hickes, Nunavuts health minister, said communities know what they need and where they need to focus efforts to prevent suicide. Issues for communities range from lack of economic opportunities to overcrowded housing and the effects of residential schools.

Were different from other jurisdictions. Im one generation from being born on the land. My father was born out on the land. So now were living a semi-urban lifestyle. Its an adjustment in identity, Hickes said.

Our communities know what they need. Weve just got to be able to give them the resources to deliver.

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