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‘Hot news from the Super League!’: How Vietnam skirts Party speculation ban on social media
Vietnamese are trading fake weather reports and football scores on social media as a creative means to discuss Communist Party leadership wrangling after an official ban on speculation ahead of the Party’s biggest and most important meeting in five years.
US hits Chinese company over Venezuela Internet curbs
The United States on Nov 30 imposed sanctions on a major Chinese electronics and engineering company for assisting Venezuela in curbing dissent on the Internet.
Nigeria considers social media regulation in wake of deadly shooting
Nigeria’s information minister said “some form of regulation” could be imposed on social media just a week after protesters spread images and videos of a deadly shooting using Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
French lawmakers endorse the country’s virus tracing app
France’s lower house of parliament endorsed on May 27 a contact-tracing app designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid sharp debate over privacy concerns.
Covid-19: French data watchdog gives green light to virus-tracing app
France’s data protection authority on May 26 gave the go-ahead to the government's planned coronavirus contact-tracing app for smartphones, but a rights watchdog said it still objected to it.
French parliament adopts controversial online hate speech bill
French lawmakers on May 13 approved a controversial bill to ban hate speech on social media, a measure dismissed as censorship by detractors.
As Europe mulls Covid-19 monitoring apps, seven fail Dutch tests
None of the seven coronavirus tracking apps tested in the Netherlands are suitable for official use, the Dutch Health Ministry said Tuesday, as Europe debates the use of the smartphone technology with one eye on life after the lockdown.
Virus masks, apps: The race is on to avoid hidden Covid-19 carriers
The worldwide race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified on April 2, pitting governments against each other in the race to buy protective gear and prompting new questions about who should wear masks, get temperature checks or even be permitted to go outside.
Kenya lawmakers to investigate ‘social menace’ of loan apps
Kenyan lawmakers are starting an investigation of digital credit apps, which one member of the National Assembly called a "social menace” that has destroyed many livelihoods.
Black Friday frenzy goes global – and not everyone’s happy
People don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in France, or Russia, or South Africa – but they do shop on Black Friday.
