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Social Media Beyond Corporate Control
Several weeks ago African Stream joined the growing list of content creators banned on social media platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads), on crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe, and even on payment- processing platforms like Stripe and Paypal. Stripe and all the major social media platforms except X have banned African Stream. Continue reading
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We’ve been targeted again
Friday, 3 May, 2024 — MintPress News Mnar Adley Dear supporters, We are being censored once again! Without warning or explanation, Instagram removed our ability to go LIVE & collaborate with other accounts for 68 days. This has significantly decreased our reach by the millions. We believe we are deliberately being targeted because of our Continue reading
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Information Sovereignty More Important Than Ever
The elimination of Russian media across the West and to a greater extent from across US-based social media platforms used worldwide, is a stark demonstration of the power the West still wields within global information space. Continue reading
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Tech giants help Israel muzzle Palestinians
Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sought to shut down all use of the popular video-sharing app TikTok in Israel last month. The attempt to censor TikTok, details of which emerged last weekend, is one of a number of reported attempts by Israel to control social media content during last month’s military assault on the… Continue reading