Helpdesk: Are private conversations truly private? A cybersecurity expert explains how end-to-end encryption protects you
In an article first published on The Conversation, cybersecurity researcher ROBIN CHATAUT explains how end-to-end encryption works…
In the US, an online assembly attempts to correct March on Washington gender gap
United StatesRNS The speakers at the Lincoln Memorial 60 years ago addressed a raft of issues: poverty, inequality, racial discrimination and the dream of racial harmony in America. The most famous among them was Rev Martin Luther King, Jr. But those gathered for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom also heard from […]
Culture wars
You have no doubt heard about the culture wars. Right wing and woke people battling it out in the public square for the hearts and minds of the average Aussie. Image posed by models. PICTURE: Afif Ramdhasuma/Unsplash It’s easy to get sucked into this battle and become an online keyboard warrior. My 22-year-old daughter recently pointed […]
Anglican Church of Uganda intensifies mentorship for boys to fight gender-based violence and disparity
Kampala, Uganda The Anglican Church of Uganda will intensify its mentorship program for boys in a bid to fight gender-based violence and gender disparity. The Archbishop of the Anglican Church, Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, observed that while girls are mentored on how to treat men in Africa, boys are, on the other hand, left on […]
Hong Kong museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen victims reopens online
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong’s June 4th Museum, dedicated to the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, reopened online on Wednesday as “8964 Museum”, a pro-democracy group said. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the organisers of annual 4th June vigils in […]
Essay: Nigeria’s Twitter ban could backfire, hurting the economy and democracy
In an article first published on The Conversation, JEFF CONROY KRUTZ, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, looks at Nigeria’s decision to ban Twitter…
Sight-Seeing: If you’ve got Jesus in your profile, don’t be nasty on your timeline
In an article first published on Religion News Service, DANIEL DARLING, senior vice president of National Religious Broadcasters in the US and author of ‘A Way With Words: Using Our Online Conversations for Good’, says if we claim to be a follower of Jesus in online profiles, our comments should reflect that…
Vacation Bible Schools: As the US faces a summer of pandemic, programs go online and outside
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how US holiday Bible school programs have had to adapt their activities during the coronavirus outbreak…
“Pervasive” digital sexual violence against women skyrockets in Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation From online stalking to revenge porn, cases of digital sexual violence have spiked sharply in Singapore, women’s rights campaigners warned on Monday as they called for reforms to clamp down on the emerging form of crime. The tech-savvy nation has seen several high-profile cases this year, including a university student […]
Women leaders driven offline and out of work by social media abuse
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Pervasive abuse of women on social media is driving female leaders off the internet and, in some cases, out of a job, a conference heard on Thursday. Two years after the global #MeToo movement began with women finding strength in numbers by sharing stories of sexual harassment, virulent online abuse of […]