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US refuses to sign global anti-hate speech pledge

The US Government has refused to sign a declaration with more than a dozen other countries pledging to stamp out terrorist and extremist content from appearing online. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, the White House has claimed ...

Surge in banking fraud highlighted

Almost 50% of all complaints to the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) in 2018 were fraud related, with Internet banking fraud being the top category of complaint, followed by ATM fraud and credit card fraud. This is according to the ...

Surge in banking fraud highlighted

Almost 50% of all complaints to the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) in 2018 were fraud related, with Internet banking fraud being the top category of complaint, followed by ATM fraud and credit card fraud. This is according to the ...

Foolish fugitive …

A fugitive on Canada's most wanted list ended up leading police to his doorstep after announcing where he was living in a defiant Facebook message to a television station publicising his case. Jessie Kowalchuk was wanted in westernmost British Columbia ...

Somalia exam leak prompts social media shutdown

Somalia has postponed national high school exams after discovering that papers were being sold and shared on social media. All exams that have already been written have been invalidated, said Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre. BBC News reports that the ...

Somalia exam leak prompts social media shutdown

Somalia has postponed national high school exams after discovering that papers were being sold and shared on social media. All exams that have already been written have been invalidated, said Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre. BBC News reports that the ...

UN turns up heat against Tunisia over detained official

The UN has rejected Tunisia's reasons for the arrest of a UN expert on suspicion of espionage and demanded that charges against him be dropped. Tunisia had submitted documents to the UN detailing the case against Moncef Kartas, a member ...

Detained Ugandan activist honoured

Detained activist Dr Stella Nyanzi has been honoured by Solidarity Uganda for being a consistent human rights defender. Legalbrief reports that the Makerere University academic has been charged under the Computer Misuse Act over Facebook posts in which she criticised ...

Eritrea targets social media platforms

Social media services have been blocked in Eritrea, with people now sending messages via VPN. BBC News reports that the reason for the shutdown is unclear, but speculation is that the government has blocked social media platforms to prevent people ...

Social media platforms targeted

Social media services have been blocked in Eritrea, with people now sending messages via VPN. BBC News reports that the reason for the shutdown is unclear, but speculation is that the government has blocked social media platforms to prevent people ...

Detained activist honoured

Detained activist Dr Stella Nyanzi has been honoured by Solidarity Uganda for being a consistent human rights defender. Legalbrief reports that the Makerere University academic has been charged under the Computer Misuse Act over Facebook posts in which she criticised ...

UN turns up the heat over detained official

The UN has rejected Tunisia's reasons for the arrest of a UN expert on suspicion of espionage and demanded that charges against him be dropped. Tunisia had submitted documents to the UN detailing the case against Moncef Kartas, a member ...

Rights group addresses Moroccan media clampdown

Moroccan authorities are using a law designed to keep people from falsely claiming professional credentials to bring criminal charges against people trying to expose abuses, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. In the latest case, Nezha Khalidi, who is affiliated with ...