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August 22, 2022
China ramps up disinformation campaign on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
topic: Genocide
by: Sasha Kong
Beijing is adopting new tactics to dispute accusations of genocide and forced labour in Xinjiang, this time through social media.
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April 27, 2022
Will social media help determine Zimbabwe's elections?
topic: Election
by: Andrew Mambondiyani
Social Media is poised to become a critical factor in determining Zimbabwe's upcoming election. Here's why.
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April 14, 2022
Why China cracks down on Mukbang influencers
topic: Food Security
by: Sasha Kong
China is ramping up its crackdown on food waste, imposing hefty fines on 'wasteful' businesses and individuals. But what do influencers have to do with it?
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February 21, 2022
China: where a post can land you in prison
topic: Freedom of Expression
by: Sasha Kong
In China, "insulting" the government on social media can land you in jail. Well, depending on how many followers you have.
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February 02, 2022
Chechen authorities threaten activist to silence resistance
topic: Political violence
by: Andrew Getto
To silence social media dissenters and young critics, Chechen leaders have resorted to blackmailing activists and journalists.
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October 30, 2021
Facebook allows hate speech and misinformation in India
topic: Digital Rights
by: Tish Sanghera
Despite its claims of fact checking, Facebook fails at curbing islamophobic and hateful content in India.
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August 20, 2021
Nigeria's Twitter Ban: blocking the chatter from the bird app
topic: Freedom of Expression
by: Ndubuaku Kanayo
Nigeria's Twitter ban could lead to spikes in poverty rates and highlights the government's disregard for basic human rights and democratic principles.
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June 17, 2021
Viral video tries to eliminate hate speech by using it
topic: Discrimination
by: Katarina Panić
A viral video posted as part of a campaign against hate speech in Bosnia made a daring attempt to tackle hate speech by using it.
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June 11, 2021
From the Arab Spring to a dark winter in Egypt
topic: Democracy
by: Pierre Sagnier
The Arab Spring had toppled Mubarak's regime in Egypt only to see a new, arguably less democratic one replacing it.
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May 21, 2021
The growing role of smartphones and social media in migration
topic: Refugees and Asylum
by: Bob Koigi
Facebook and WhatsApp are now among the top social media platforms that migrants rely on to navigate their way to safety.
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March 18, 2021
When risky online challenges meet digital illiteracy
topic: Child rights
by: Katarina Panić
Monitoring the mental health of children in the social media era becomes all the more difficult in places with high digital illiteracy rates among adults.
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March 17, 2021
20 years after Bosch’s hanging, change is slow to come in Botswana
topic: Death Penalty
by: Cyril Zenda
Onalenna Chabaya, a volunteer at a Botswana-based NGO lobbying to end capital punishment, spoke to FairPlanet about the challenges the organisation faces.
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November 13, 2020
Trump and GOP risk American democracy
topic: Democracy
by: Yair Oded
As they embark on a disinformation campaign delegitimising the election results, Trump and the GOP place American democracy at risk.
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September 16, 2020
End pollution in Kenya and beyond
topic: Pollution
type: Campaign, Crowd Funding, Donation, NGO
by: Yair Oded
Clean Up Kenya advocates for and promotes large-scale public sanitation reforms in Kenya, focusing on the urban poor. Join their coalition today.
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September 12, 2020
Dear tech companies: protect our democracies and mental health!
topic: Technology
type: Campaign, Donation, NGO
by: Yair Oded
The Center for Humane Technology works to change the attention-grabbing business model of tech companies and align them with humanity's best interest.
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August 15, 2020
Remove climate misinformation from social media platforms
topic: Climate action
type: Campaign, Project
by: Yair Oded
Join the Misinformation Brigade to get alerts about climate misinformation shared on social media and instructions for how to fight back against it.
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