Digital Activism · January, 2022

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Digital Activism · January, 2022

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Russia rose to second place globally in Twitter content removal requests

Russian government entities made 10,448 takedown requests

Written by Tanya Lokot

29 January 2022

Thousands of Nigerians sign petition to reform IELTS

No single Anglophone African country is exempted from writing IELTS.

Written by Pamela Ephraim

27 January 2022

The issue of the Jamaican police allegedly cutting a young woman's dreadlocks remains unresolved

Jamaica has a historically fraught relationship with its Rastafarian community

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

26 January 2022

Why a writer is on trial for calling Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son obese

It's been nearly a month since Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was arrested

Written by Brian Oduti

26 January 2022

Belarusian cyberactivists claim railway system hack to protest Russian troop movements

Russian troops in Belarus heighten fears of possible Ukraine invasion

Written by Tanya Lokot

25 January 2022

Ibex in the Yemeni civilization: a historical symbolism being revived

Activists called on authorities to make 22 January Ibex Day

Written by همدان العليي Translated by Dahlia Kholaif

24 January 2022

Twitter's deal with Nigerian government sacrifices digital rights

Did Twitter throw Nigerians under the bus?

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Kofi Yeboah

17 January 2022

‘I didn't ask for it!': Four women fighting against gender-based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Facebook page they run receives messages from several Balkans women every day.

Written by Balkan Diskurs

15 January 2022

‘Our activism won't stop': The Oyan movement recounts the January protests in Kazakhstan

Simple people, not terrorists, took part in the initial protests

Written by Paolo Sorbello

14 January 2022

A 2019 Kazakh song about Nur-Sultan reads like news commentary in January 2022

Intended as irony, the song is eerily accurate in the present moment

Written by Filip Noubel

14 January 2022

Undertones: From ‘Satanic’ QR codes and ‘public enemies’, navigating the pandemic in Russia

Explore narratives of the pandemic in Russia

Written by Civic Media Observatory

13 January 2022

Trinidad and Tobago residents’ response to proposed amendments to fireworks legislation? Enforce existing laws

[Proposed legislation] 'leaves us with no confidence that good will prevail'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

11 January 2022

Indians give Chinese places hilarious names after China renames 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh

China is expected to announce more lists in the coming months

Written by Rezwan

5 January 2022

Fuel protests spill over into political demands across Kazakhstan

People across Kazakhstan demand political change amid socio-economic adversity

Written by Paolo Sorbello

5 January 2022

Google removes YouTube ads featuring interrogations of Belarusian political prisoners

Opposition activists said the video ads violated YouTube's platform policies

Written by Tanya Lokot

4 January 2022

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