World
Australia reasserts control over Big Tech with nationwide social media ban
Australia bans social media for under-16s, ordering platforms to block access or face multimillion-dollar fines, in a first-of-its-kind move the…
Media
World
Australia to implement social media ban for children under 16
Australia on Wednesday became the first country to enforce a nationwide minimum age for social media, ordering platforms including Instagram,…
World
What Australia’s latest social media ban really means
Australia will become the first country to implement a nationwide social media ban for children under 16 when new rules…
World
Ireland weighs a ban on children’s social media use, department says
Ireland is weighing whether to bar children and young people from social media — a so-called “digital age of majority”…
West-Africa
MDC2025 Conference Kicks Off in Abuja Focused on Media and Development
West Africa Media and Development Conference Kicks Off in Abuja The third edition of the West Africa Media and Development…
Somalia
Somali cabinet greenlights media and cultural cooperation MOUs with Saudi Arabia
Somalia’s cabinet approves Saudi media and culture pacts as security and local elections take center stage Somalia’s cabinet has approved…
Somalia
UK and Somalia Co-host UN Human Rights Council Event Highlighting Media Freedom
Somalia’s fragile human-rights transition meets a test on press freedom GENEVA — In a packed room at the United Nations…
World
Trump says adverse media reporting about him is ‘illegal’
When a president talks about yanking broadcasters’ licences, what happens to free speech? When a U.S. president publicly urges regulators…
Editorial
NUSOJ warns Somalia’s democracy hinges on safeguarding media freedom
No democracy without a free press: Somalia’s fragile transition under threat On the International Day of Democracy this year, Somalia’s…
North-Africa
Sweeping Crackdown in Egypt Targets Social Media Content Creators
Egypt’s campaign against online creators exposes a new front in the fight over free expression In the last weeks Egyptian…
East-Africa
Somalia’s attorney general issues warning over defamation, misinformation on social media
Somalia moves against online defamation. The bigger story is who decides what’s dangerous speech—and when In Mogadishu’s humming tea stalls…
