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June 17th, 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 11th, 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 21st, 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 18th, 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 17th, 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 13th, 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 16th, 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 12th, 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 15th, 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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July 18th, 2020
Montenegro: LGBT celebrated and then reported hundreds of hate speech cases
topic:LGBT Rights
by:Katarina Panić
Montenegro is first of former Yugoslav republics outside the EU that has legalised same-sex unions, but still has a homophobic society.
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July 03rd, 2020
Support Radio Free Asia
topic:Human Rights
type:Education, NGO
by:Yair Oded
Radio Free Asia broadcasts news and information and reports human rights abuses in Asian countries where freedom of the press is heavily restricted.
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April 02nd, 2019
Why millen­ni­als are using dating apps to find jobs and LinkedIn to find love
topic:Digitalisation
partner:Screen Shot
The implementation of technology in the middle of all of our essential relationships has given us some interesting results, from love stories to job hunting
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March 24th, 2019
The internet: turning racism into a cottage industry
by:Gurmeet Singh
Prejudice has always sold. It's always worked to someone's advantage.
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January 10th, 2019
Nazis Raus: Ja, bitte
by:Gurmeet Singh
Twitter controversies aren't real controversies. Except when they are.
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August 22nd, 2018
Abolish Zimbabwe's death penalty
topic:Death Penalty
type:NGO
by:Yair Oded
Track Zimbabwean government's actions on capital punishment
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February 26th, 2016
Nigeria's Muslim-only social media
topic:Innovation
by:Bob Koigi
Tutlub, a Muslim-only social networking app that allows the Muslim community to interact, while offering them an alternative to the mainstream networks.
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