The report highlights Meta’s failures to contain dangerous content on its social media platforms in Ethiopia despite repeated warnings from rights groups.
Read: https://t.co/e4g9MFHOjv
🎨NEW: Many women live under patriarchal control & depend on family for their digital access in #Pakistan. As a result, they not only lose comms & education opportunities, but many have lost their lives due to #GenderDigitalDivide@no_one_fancy highlights
https://t.co/tRkHDBuUU9
NEW: Fact-checking has emerged as a mainstream focus in global journalism as a result of information disorders blurring the line between fact and fiction.
In Pakistan, however, the practice has a long way to go.
More on DRM by Hamna Iqbal Baig: https://t.co/RFL0p6TFCq
Calling all aspiring filmmakers and visual storytellers - Applications are now open for the 2nd batch of the MMFD FIlm School! Register before 5th October to avail a 10% early bird discount, at the link below:
https://t.co/Te3gq0jwUe
NEW: With billionaires like @elonmusk buying the key platforms on the internet, the free speech of people seems to be at risk.
Naba Iftikhar writes, "Who Gets To Control The Voices Of People On The Internet?" for @DRM_News
https://t.co/C7KKLICio0
#DigitalRights101
1/ With the formation of new govt in Pakistan, we’d like to draw attention of the newly appointed cabinet to prioritise key policies that need to be passed immediately;
1) Passage of Personal Data Protection law
2) Reformation of PECA
3) Rules for Journalists Safety Law
📢 Call for Pitches
We're looking to commission pieces that critically examine the role of tech companies in advancing abuse on individual/community level in Pakistan.
For details & submission: https://t.co/a9XilQssvs
@DRM_News#CallForPitches
We are focusing on gender x tech intersection for @UN_Women’s #TechforEquality campaign leading up to the #GenerationEquality forum in Paris. Today, we will examine the feminist underpinnings to online privacy and surveillance, through articles we have published on @DRM_News 🧵
It is impossible to see the internet w/o a feminist lens. Online spaces should be diverse & inclusive so that women & enby ppl do not have to “reclaim” them or contend w norms hinged on patriarchal/heteronormative structures that also shape 'offline' spaces.
#GenerationEquality
Fake accounts are an unfortunately commonplace phenomenon in Pakistan, and serve as a real threat for women who must live with the consequences of this targeted harassment.
@auratnama explores the issue on @DRM_News
https://t.co/COh54upBBK
NEW: Online spaces provide young people a space to involve in politics & organising, unlike the mainstream structure where gatekeeping is prevalent.
@shmyla writes "On the Internet, Young Pakistanis Find Space to Form Politics" for @DRM_News
https://t.co/OL4TBHDZtL
#WeConnect
On Stan Twitter, anonymity allows Pakistani women to occupy online spaces and express their most transparent selves.
@Rameezay explores the how the unspoken rule of anonymity empowers women in Stan spaces, for @DRM_News
https://t.co/SzXxpLYmmu
#PrivacyHumSabKe