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South African woman fined $10,000 for racist Facebook rant

AFP, Published on 11/06/2016

» JOHANNESBURG - A South African court Friday fined a white estate agent $10,000 for comparing black beachgoers to monkeys in a Facebook post that sparked outrage over racist attitudes more than 20 years after apartheid ended.

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NCPO denies bid to muzzle media

News, Published on 28/06/2014

» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) insists it is not restricting the fundamental rights and freedoms of the media with the formation of five panels to monitor media content and reports.

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Anti-regime Cuban blogger back at it after arrest

AFP, Published on 12/11/2012

» Despite two arrests in a month, a defiant Cuban blogger is right back at it, criticizing the Havana government as part of a drive that has made her famous abroad even if she is little known at home.

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Palestinian PM turns to Facebook for inspiration

AFP, Published on 25/02/2011

» Activists across the Middle East are using Facebook to bring down regimes, but Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad is using the site to seek input on his new government.

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The waiting game

Database, Published on 29/12/2010

» The big news in Thailand in 2010 was 3G phone service, or rather the lack of it; but everyone knows that; first, though, the really big news in Thailand that almost no one noticed was that one Thai in 10 is now on Facebook, the social network announcing at year's end that it has 6.5 million registrations from the kingdom; in fact, Thailand was one of the world's fastest growing markets for the only network that had a movie made about it in 2010; for several years, Thais up to and including Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had scorned the US-centric networks to give their loyalty to Hi5, but they threw Hi5 under the bridge in 2010.