The far-right is pushing to radicalise young teenagers in the UK by producing white supremacist school curriculums for lockdown learning. They are also using the game creation system Roblox to…
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), established in 2010 and comprising major regional and global players, including Amazon, Airbnb, Apple, Facebook, Grab, Google and Linkedin, has condemned the lack of transparency…
Facebook has recently shared partial information with the Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar (IIMM) regarding content it removed in 2018 and withheld for over a year, after the UN body accused it of withholding evidence of serious hate crimes against the Rohingya.
Efforts by US-state North Dakota to create a contact tracing app to aid the state’s coronavirus recovery, reveals the true extent of Google and Apple’s influence over national decisions. These…
In the Northern province of Heibei, China, there is a new app which alerts users when someone in debt comes within 500 metres. One translation of the app’s name to…
Roughly 50% of the world is online, and until recently, that percentage was increasing rapidly. UN data regarding internet users, which the UN defines as those who have connected to…
A team of 13 Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) and 2 non-native teenagers have created a video game entirely in the Hawaiian language. The game called He Ao Hou, or “a…
The UN Migration Agency, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has launched a pilot application, MigrantApp, as part of a global initiative to provide information to facilitate safe and orderly migration…
Global Fishing Watch, a website open to anyone with an internet connection, is being used to track movements of fishing fleets on the high seas. Google launched the website in…
Tech engineers are beginning to refuse recruitment drives by prominent Silicon Valley companies, citing ethical concerns. Silicon Valley firms compete fiercely to recruit and retain relatively scarce engineering talent, giving…
People in China can now file for divorce on WeChat, the country’s most popular instant messaging service. The app, which has an estimated one billion active users worldwide, rolled out…
Ugandans have been protesting what has been dubbed a “social media tax” introduced by their government. Since the start of July, access to social media networks and dating sites has…
