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Government says regulation aimed at protecting small businesses from competition Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms as it aims to protect small businesses from e-commerce competition.Calls had grown in recent months for a…
Read MorePapers leaked by Frances Haugen revealed users in India were inundated with fake news and anti-Muslim postsFormer Facebook employee Frances Haugen and other prominent whistleblowers have renewed calls for Facebook to release a long-awaited report on it…
Read MoreCourts in the global north have a duty to protect citizens of developing countries from plunder by corporationsIn 1977, the Myanmar military launched a national drive to register citizens and drive out people they deemed to be “foreigners”. Since then,…
Read MoreFilipino journalist and peace prize laureate says sites are biased against facts and in need of overhaulSocial media platforms are biased against facts and creating “a virus of lies” that threatens all democracies, the Nobel peace prize-winning journal…
Read MoreMisleading images shared on social media after mosques vandalised and homes ransacked in Tripura statePolice in India are seeking the owners of about 100 social media accounts accused of sharing “fake news” after mob attacks on mosques in the north-eas…
Read MoreWhistleblower Frances Haugen adds to long-held concerns that social media site is fuelling violence and instabilityWhistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony to US senators on Tuesday shone a light on violence and instability in Myanmar and Ethiopia…
Read MorePosts ranging from wanted posters to death threats remain online for months, breaching platform’s own standardsFacebook is promoting content that incites violence against Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters and amplifies junta misinformation, despite promis…
Read MoreEx-CNN reporter and founder of the news site Rappler on life under the relentless social media assault of the Duterte regimeAs terrible as the events were that played out on Capitol Hill on 6 January, Maria Ressa admits to feeling “a small amount of re…
Read MoreBlogger argued he had ‘merely shared’ an article without changing content or adding commentsThe Singapore high court has ordered a blogger to pay S$133,000 (US$98,825) in damages in a defamation case to the prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.Lee sued Leon…
Read MoreAt least two people stabbed after pro-junta demonstrators march through central YangonSupporters of Myanmar’s military armed with iron rods, catapults and knives have attacked anti-coup protesters in Yangon after weeks of rallies calling for the return…
Read MoreMedia experts fear that communities reliant on the site for information will suffer significant impactFacebook’s ban on Australian news will cut off a vital source of authoritative information for the Pacific region, government and industry analysts ha…
Read MoreHuman rights council meets as police fire rubber bullets in south-eastern city of Mawlamyine The UN human rights council has been told the people of Myanmar are in “great peril” after police clashed with protesters and fired rubber bullets at crowds in…
Read MoreInstagram and WhatsApp – owned by Facebook and used to organise protests – also restricted, as UN secretary general condemns coupMyanmar’s army has begun disrupting access to Facebook as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted …
Read MoreAmnesty report accuses sites of openly signalling they will bow to authoritarian regimesFacebook and YouTube are complicit in “censorship and repression on an industrial scale” in Vietnam, according to a report by Amnesty International that accuses the…
Read MoreCommunications minister claims move is intended to address ‘abusive language’ but observers say it is linked to China’s influenceThe Solomon Islands government is preparing to ban Facebook – an attempt, it says, to limit “abusive language” and “charact…
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