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Tanzania suspends media company’s online platforms for 30 days

Tanzania’s communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company for allegedly publishing restricted content, adding to what human rights groups have described as a growing crackdown on press freedom. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) said late on Wednesday it had suspended online content licences for Mwananchi Communications Ltd for 30 days,…
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October 5, 2024
‘Off their phones and on the footy field’: Australian children to be banned from using social media

Australia is planning to ban children from using social media amid concerns that platforms such as Instagram and TikTok are harming young people’s physical and mental health. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants children ‘off their phones and on the footy field’. Albanese said his centre-left Labor Party government is considering to introduce…
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September 10, 2024
Nigeria: Meta removes 63,000 accounts linked to sextortion

Meta said Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in sexual extortion and had taken down thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sexual extortion, or sextortion , involves persuading someone to send explicit photos online and then threatening to…
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July 27, 2024