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Isu Elihle awards: 1st prize🏆The 1st  prize goes to Nicole Tau from Lesotho. Nicole’s piece focuses on corporal punishme...
22/11/2024

Isu Elihle awards: 1st prize🏆

The 1st prize goes to Nicole Tau from Lesotho. Nicole’s piece focuses on corporal punishment in Lesotho. The punishment some pupils are going through has negatively impacted them both physically and mentally .

READ MORE: https://ow.ly/hXBW50UczyU

MMA CASES AND OUTCOMES🗞️Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), represented by Power & Associates, was admitted as amicus curiae ...
22/11/2024

MMA CASES AND OUTCOMES🗞️

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), represented by Power & Associates, was admitted as amicus curiae on 20 November 2024, and filed written submissions on 22 November 2024.

READ MORE: https://shorturl.at/RkBof

Isu Elihle : 3rd winner🥉The 3rd prize is awarded to Hussaini Umar from Nigeria; he published his story via Aminci Radio....
22/11/2024

Isu Elihle : 3rd winner🥉

The 3rd prize is awarded to Hussaini Umar from Nigeria; he published his story via Aminci Radio. The story is poignant as it tells how young Nigerians are sacrificing their education for the allure of digital wealth.
READ MORE: https://t.co/M7fgzgExM1

REPORT🔎Article 12 members observed signicant disparities in online safety measures onInstagram, highlighting that childr...
22/11/2024

REPORT🔎

Article 12 members observed signicant disparities in online safety measures on
Instagram, highlighting that children in their region do not receive the same level of
digital privacy protections as their counterparts in other jurisdictions.

READ: https://t.co/HSpXOTqrhP

MEDIA RELEASE: Isu Elihle Awards🏆Congratulations to the 2024 Isu Elihle winners! Innocent Kiiza (Uganda) is the overall ...
21/11/2024

MEDIA RELEASE: Isu Elihle Awards🏆

Congratulations to the 2024 Isu Elihle winners! Innocent Kiiza (Uganda) is the overall winner 🥇, Nicole Tau wins the 1st prize🥈 , and Hussaini Umar (Nigeria) wins the 2nd prize🥉.

READ MORE: https://shorturl.at/kudxB

REPORT🔎Article 12  found Instagram’s privacy protections for children vary by region. As of Sept 2024, under-18 users in...
21/11/2024

REPORT🔎

Article 12 found Instagram’s privacy protections for children vary by region. As of Sept 2024, under-18 users in the UK, US, Canada, & Australia get private accounts by default & restricted visibility, but these are not applied globally.

READ: https://ow.ly/YYg550UbGNK

REPORT🔎Article 12 members for MMA reviewed TikTok & Instagram privacy.Findings: Limited ToS languages, non-private defau...
21/11/2024

REPORT🔎

Article 12 members for MMA reviewed TikTok & Instagram privacy.
Findings: Limited ToS languages, non-private defaults for users under 18, safety features needing digital literacy, clear TikTok deletion, but Instagram’s process needs streamlining.

READ MORE: https://ow.ly/3f3T50UbyfS

REPORT🔎Children seek stronger control over their data, clear consent, easy deletion, stronger security, limits on sharin...
21/11/2024

REPORT🔎

Children seek stronger control over their data, clear consent, easy deletion, stronger security, limits on sharing, reduced tracking, auto-deletion, and minimal data collection, especially for under-18s.

READ: https://ow.ly/3F8B50Uby1q

Isu Elihle awards: 1ST Prize winner. 🥈Media Monitoring Africa proudly celebrates Nicole Tau from Lesotho as the first ru...
20/11/2024

Isu Elihle awards: 1ST Prize winner. 🥈

Media Monitoring Africa proudly celebrates Nicole Tau from Lesotho as the first runner-up of the 2024 Isu Elihle Awards for her powerful story, "Silent Scars."
Congratulations Nicole!

Full story: https://shorturl.at/FyHjO

Isu Elihle awards : Overall winner🥇Media Monitoring Africa proudly celebrates Innocent Kiiza from Uganda as the overall ...
20/11/2024

Isu Elihle awards : Overall winner🥇

Media Monitoring Africa proudly celebrates Innocent Kiiza from Uganda as the overall winner of the 2024 Isu Elihle Awards for his powerful story, "Vulnerable Under the Sun." Congratulations Innocent!👏

FULL STORY : https://shorturl.at/yY20p

Isu Elihle awards: 1ST Prize winner. 🥈Media Monitoring Africa proudly celebrates Nicole Tau from Lesotho as the first ru...
20/11/2024

Isu Elihle awards: 1ST Prize winner. 🥈

Media Monitoring Africa proudly celebrates Nicole Tau from Lesotho as the first runner-up of the 2024 Isu Elihle Awards for her powerful story, "Silent Scars." Congratulations Nicole!

Full story: https://shorturl.at/FyHjO

Isu Elihle awards winners: 2nd Prize winner 🥉MMA proudly celebrates Hussaini Umar from Nigeria as the second runner-up o...
20/11/2024

Isu Elihle awards winners: 2nd Prize winner 🥉

MMA proudly celebrates Hussaini Umar from Nigeria as the second runner-up of the 2024 Isu Elihle Awards for his story, "The World of Child Cryptocurrency Mining in Nigeria."
Well done!👏

Full story: https://shorturl.at/Dt49f

REPORT🔎🗞️Recommendations for TikTok & Instagram: Expand language options in Africa, default privacy-protective settings ...
20/11/2024

REPORT🔎🗞️

Recommendations for TikTok & Instagram:

Expand language options in Africa, default privacy-protective settings for under-18s, simplify privacy info for informed decisions and balance parent-child account links to uphold privacy.

MORE ON: https://t.co/haDaaBI8Eq

REPORT: YOUNG PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES ON DIGITAL PRIVACY🔎A survey of 60 children revealed mixed views on online privacy; f...
20/11/2024

REPORT: YOUNG PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES ON DIGITAL PRIVACY🔎

A survey of 60 children revealed mixed views on online privacy; few trusted digital services with their personal info, and about half felt their privacy wasn’t respected.

FULL REPORT : https://t.co/zqLfEcdWq4

INVITATION: Isu Elihle Awards announcement📣Tonight, MMA announces the winners of the 2024 Isu Elihle Awards! The top 6 w...
20/11/2024

INVITATION: Isu Elihle Awards announcement📣

Tonight, MMA announces the winners of the 2024 Isu Elihle Awards! The top 6 wrote stories that matter the most to children's voices, struggles, & triumphs to the forefront.

📅Date: 20 Nov 2024, 18:00PM

RSVP: https://bit.ly/3OC3lnT

REPORT🔎Children have nuanced views on privacy, seeing it as a human right & a privilege. They defined privacy as the fre...
20/11/2024

REPORT🔎

Children have nuanced views on privacy, seeing it as a human right & a privilege. They defined privacy as the freedom to be oneself, the ability to set boundaries, control relationships, a source of safety, security & comfort.

FULL STORY: https://shorturl.at/GhtB4

REPORT FINDINGS🔎In research of the Tik tok's language options, Article 12 members identified coverage of European and As...
20/11/2024

REPORT FINDINGS🔎

In research of the Tik tok's language options, Article 12 members identified coverage of European and Asian languages, with American and British English being the top 2 offerings. Kiswahili was the only African language.

FULL REPORT: https://shorturl.at/o4D3K

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