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Badimo (Sotho-Tswana literally meaning "ancestors") is the name for the traditional African practice of ancestor veneration for the Sotho-Tswana people of Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa. Although most Sotho-Tswana people are Christians, [1] in reality a great majority of them follow at least some of the traditions deemed Badimo even if they ...
Facebook 's notification to "update your name". The Facebook real-name policy controversy is a controversy over social networking site Facebook 's real-name system, which requires that a person use their legal name when they register an account and configure their user profile. [1] The controversy stems from claims by some users that they are ...
Algorithmic censorship. Online censorship by Facebook of algorithmic methods raises concerns including the surveillance of all instant communications and the use of machine learning systems with the potential for errors and biases. [10] Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and majority shareholder, published a memo on censorship.
In 2016, Facebook banned and also removed content regarding the Kashmir dispute, triggering a response from The Guardian, BBC and other media groups on Facebook's policies on censorship. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Facebook censorship policies have been criticized especially after the company banned the posts about the Indian army's attack on protesters ...
Eighteen months after Facebook banned communities and users connected with the “Boogaloo” anti-government movement, the group’s extremist ideas were back and flourishing on the social media ...
From October 1988 to September 1994 the British government banned broadcasts of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist groups on television and radio in the United Kingdom (UK). The restrictions, announced by the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, on 19 October 1988, covered eleven organisations based ...
Internet censorship in Vietnam is implemented in the country, according to a 2009 report from Reporters Without Borders. [ 1] Vietnam regulates its citizens' Internet access using both legal and technical means. The government's efforts to regulate, monitor, and provide oversight regarding Internet use has been referred to as a "Bamboo Firewall".
Author of the most-banned book in the U.S. speaks out: 'I expect to be relegated to the edges'. Alex Gino, left, wrote George (Melissa's Story) — No. 1 on the Top 10 Most Challenged Books list ...