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TikTok can be a ‘dangerous tool for hatemongers,’ Kenyan govt warns ahead of elections

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A new Mozilla Foundation report states that election disinformation and hate speech are being spread through TikTok in the run up to elections in Kenya next month. After violence erupted during 2007 elections, the government created an agency to quell ethnic strife, and it warns against a repeat of the unrest.

A man points his finger at a yellow billboard with black writing in Vietnamese and English

Backlash over anti-racist billboard challenges Houston’s Vietnamese American community

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A former UN official campaigning for peace shows a threatening message posted against him on social media by separatists

Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop stoking hate

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Dozens of cardboard cutouts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are seen during an Avaaz.org protest outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018.

Activists in Myanmar welcome Zuckerberg’s pledge to clamp down on hate speech. But is it enough?

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An armed man walks on a path near the village of Nialdhiu, South Sudan

Online fake news and hate speech are fueling tribal ‘genocide’ in South Sudan

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