In 2024, four billion people — about half the world’s population — in 64 countries including large democracies like the US and India, will head to the polls. Social media companies like Meta, YouTube and TikTok, have promised to protect the integrity of those elections, at least as far as discourse and factual claims being made on their platforms are concerned. Missing from the conversation, however, is closed messaging app WhatsApp, which now rivals public social media platforms in both scope...
Almost all social media sites have misinformation if not conspiracy theories. TikTok, for instance, has been battling to get rid of them in a long internet battle.
Shafaqna English-The UN Human Rights office on Wednesday called on governments to enhance “safe and regular” pathways for asylum seekers, according to Anadolu Agency. “We are deeply concerned that various other countries are considering ways of externalising their asylum and other human rights obligations and we have repeatedly stated that
Bryn Matongo and Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITERS HEALTH experts have implored authorities to give more support to the country’s public hospitals. This To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions
The survey of 2,000 Americans, conducted by Talker Research, found that only 23% of all those polled are against it, while 31% have no real opinion on the matter.
Executive Director of the Ark Foundation, Dr Angela Dwamena Aboagye, has called upon the government to give greater attention to issues concerning women and girls, particularly focusing on empowerment and addressing crimes against women. She made the call at a round-table engagement organised by the Springboard Road Show Foundation in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, […]
It is the fifth time the implementation of the new border controls has been pushed back, prompting ridicule on social media.
Bishop Hovakim and prominent British Church Leaders and Members of the House of Lords sent a letter to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on 24th April, urging his government to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide. The letter reads: Dear Prime Minister,I am writing to you on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian …
UK businesses using TikTok say they could see a significant drop in sales if the app is banned in the US.
The new law gives ByteDance an initial nine months to sort out a deal that would require to sell TikTok to a different entity.
The UN called Tuesday on Britain to reconsider plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning it threatened the rule of law and set "a perilous precedent globally".
The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to strengthen religious coexistence in the country if voted into power.