Australian police arrest seven alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
Sydney, Australia AP Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of […]
Australia PM calls Musk “arrogant billionaire” after court orders X to hide church stabbing posts
Melbourne, Australia Reuters An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia’s federal court late on Monday granted the country’s cyber regulator, the eSafety commissioner, […]
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Rio
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Reuters Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rallied thousands of supporters in Rio de Janeiro in a bid to raise his political capital after losing a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October, 2022, and facing allegations of involvement in a coup. Images shared on […]
SpaceX Starship disintegrates after completing most of third test flight
Boca Chica, Texas Reuters SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight through space on its third try on Thursday, getting farther than ever before, but disintegrated on its return to Earth. During a webcast of the flight, SpaceX commentators said mission control lost […]
Sudanese left in the dark by RSF-imposed telecoms blackout
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters A communications network blackout in Sudan, blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has hobbled aid deliveries and left the war-weary population of almost 50 million unable to make payments or contact the outside world. The RSF has been fighting Sudan’s army for control of the country since April […]
Auschwitz Memorial criticises Musk’s X for not removing anti-Semitic content
Warsaw, Poland Reuters The Auschwitz Memorial on Thursday criticised social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for failing to remove an anti-Semitic post on the site. X’s owner Elon Musk has described himself as a free speech absolutist, but some critics have said his approach is irresponsible. Researchers have found an increase in hate […]
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Australia says Twitter is top platform for online hate, demands explanation
Sydney, AustraliaReuters An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country’s most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts. The demand builds on a campaign by the eSafety Commissioner to make the website […]
Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Sofia logs in to class on a laptop in Kabul for an online English course run by one of a growing number of educational institutes trying to reach Afghanistan’s girls and women digitally in their homes. But when the teacher calls on Sofia to read a passage her computer screen freezes. “Can […]
Essay: Data literacy – why critical thinking is a must
In the second part of a two-part article, MAL FLETCHER, social futurist and chairman of London-based thinktank 2030Plus, looks at the important role critical thinking will play in our future data management…