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Diplomatique.Expert · 27 Oct 2019 Leaderless rebellion: how social media enables global protests – FT “A single spark can start a prairie fire,” observed Mao Zedong in 1930, as he tried to convince his followers that revolution… Social Media · 24 Oct 2019 Social media linked to poor sleep among teens Teens who use social media for three hours or more per day have problems falling asleep and then struggle to get up… World Health Organization (WHO) · 6 Sep 2019 UN health agency welcomes Facebook pledge to stop vaccine misinformation from going viral The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed Facebook’s pledge to ensure users can separate fact from fiction when it comes to vaccines, across… 2 Sep 2019 NewZealand – 35 charged for sharing footage of Christchurch attack Police have charged 35 people around the country over possession of the video of the Christchurch mosque shooting. A video of the… UK · 28 Jul 2019 Half of UK adults now using social media for news Half of all UK adults now use social media to get the latest news, according to a new survey by UK regulator… Diplomatique.Expert · 21 Jul 2019 Role of new media in the development and rise of populism is complex but indisputable – Tanja Tatomirovic Distinct growth of populism which expands on the global scene in the last ten years can primarily be explained by economic and… 11 Jul 2019 Twitter down – Site not working Twitter went down on Thursday across major parts of the world including the US, Northern Italy and the UK as users reported… 9 Jul 2019 Instagram to introduce new anti-bullying features Instagram is introducing new features which will automatically challenge users before they post something which might be considered bullying, and allow victims… UK · 2 Jul 2019 Church of England issues first ‘commandments’ for social media use The Church of England has issued its first set of guidelines for followers who use social media. The digital charter is based… 29 Jun 2019 Twitter announces that politician’s tweets will be labelled as such Preidents and other world leaders and political figures who use Twitter to threaten or abuse others could find their tweets slapped with… Vatican · 10 Jun 2019 Pope Francis decries modern ‘culture of insults’ on social media The Pope warned that the more people use online platforms the less social they become, and criticized the trend "to hurl adjectives"… Internet · 6 Jun 2019 YouTube bans videos glorifying Nazis and promoting extreme views YouTube announced that it will begin banning videos promoting Nazi ideology, as well as denying "well-documented violent events" such as the Holocaust…