Thu 10 July 2025: Pakistan court order pushes the platform to block channels critical of the government and state institutions. Alphabet-owned YouTube has informed more than two dozen critics of the Pakistani government that it is reviewing a court directive seeking to block their channels for allegedly being “anti-state”. The channels at risk of being […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: A top Polish official said Wednesday that Warsaw could block access to billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform over chatbot Grok’s offensive comments on Polish politics and politicians. “I would consider such possibilities. I’m not ruling anything out, and I believe that if artificial intelligence and AI models on various platforms don’t […]
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Wed 09 July 2025: Every year, massive data breaches harm the public. The targets are email service providers, retailers and government agencies that store information about people. Each breach includes sensitive personal information such as credit and debit card numbers, home addresses and account usernames and passwords from hundreds of thousands – and sometimes millions […]
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Wed 09 July 2025: The seventh edition of the AI for Good Global Summit began Tuesday in Geneva, bringing together world leaders, tech innovators, and civil society to explore how AI can benefit humanity. Hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in collaboration with the Swiss government and over 40 UN agencies, the four-day summit is being held at the […]
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Wed 09 July 2025: A Tunisian court sentenced Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the opposition Ennahdha Party, to 14 years in prison Tuesday on charges related to “conspiracy against state security” and “belonging to a terrorist group,” the state-run Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported. The verdict was issued by the criminal chamber for terrorism-related cases […]
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Wed 09 July 2025: Social media platform says the Indian government ordered it last week to block 2,355 accounts, including two Reuters handles. X says it is “deeply concerned about ongoing press censorship in India” after New Delhi ordered the social media platform to block more than 2,300 accounts, including two Reuters news agency handles. […]
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Wed 09 July 2025: An independent panel investigating racial bias in South Africa’s medical aid schemes has reaffirmed its earlier findings that black healthcare providers were disproportionately accused of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) from 2012 to 2019. While the report acknowledges some improvements since 2020, it argues that systemic inequities continue to exist. “Black […]
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Wed 09 July 2025: Political parties and civil society demand action against the Police Minister following claims of executive overreach and interference in SAPS investigations. Calls are mounting for the dismissal of, and an official inquiry into, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu following explosive allegations of political interference and misconduct levelled against him by KwaZulu-Natal Police […]
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Tue 08 July 2025: On Monday, France’s parliament authorized the return of a “talking drum,” seized by colonial forces from the Ebrie tribe in Côte d’Ivoire in 1916, marking another step in repatriating colonial artifacts. The Djidji Ayokwe drum, a massive communication instrument over three meters long and weighing 430 kilograms, was used to send […]
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Tue 08 July 2025: In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82% from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 million tonnes in 2030. This e-waste includes old laptops and phones, which contain precious materials such as gold. Less […]
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