handmade.social

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

The Nexus of PrivacySocial Media Platforms Are Spreading Violent Warmongering Content Encouraging All-Out War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea, AgainA statement from <a href="https://dair-community.social/@DAIR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DAIR</a> at <a href="https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/tigray-social/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/tigray-social/</a>"For the last 3 years, we have been researching and documenting the role of social media platforms in exacerbating the 2020-2022 Tigray war. We performed computational analyses to quantify the level of hate speech on these platforms, and interviewed content moderators to better understand the organizational practices that have resulted in the platforms’ failures to adequately curb genocidal language. These platforms pledged to do better following the revelation that they promoted violence that incited genocide against the Rohingya in 2016. Facebook claimed to do “longstanging work to protect people in Ethiopia” when confronted with its moderation failures during the 2020-2022 Tigray war which resulted in the genocide of Tigrayans. But we are seeing an acceleration of the same type of warmongering on social media platforms that we documented at the beginning of the catastrophic Tigray war in 2020.It's not enough to perform a postmortem analysis after millions have been killed, maimed, or displaced, and merely promise to do better without delivering on that promise....This spread of violent language is not unique to Facebook. Clear calls for mass violence and warmongering on TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube are exponentially growing with no signs of action by these companies. Supporters and opponents of both the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments have spent months antagonizing each other on these platforms, threatening to destroy each other on the battlefield, promoting the recruitment of fighters, and demonizing enemy factions. Renowned Ethiopian government-backed activists with hundreds of thousands of followers have flooded these platforms with clear calls for all-out war against Eritrea and the annexation of its territory."<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eritrea</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TikTok</a>

RememberUsAlways<a href="https://newsie.social/@toussaint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@toussaint</a> People just don't trust that pesky <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sharia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sharia</a> law in majority <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Islam</a> nations like: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libya</a> <a href="https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/libya/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/libya/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eritrea</a> <a href="https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/eritrea/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/eritrea/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a> <a href="https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/somalia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/somalia/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yemen</a> <a href="https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/yemen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/yemen/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nigeria</a> <a href="https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/nigeria/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/nigeria/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pakistan</a> <a href="https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/pakistan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/pakistan/</a>I'm not aware of any nations where Muslims are attacked for their religion. Except in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a>.

BongolianKatharine Houreld: How a brutally repressive African country freely raises money in the U.S.: Eritrea’s embassy has helped raise millions of dollars to promote the interests of the cash-strapped country. Its ruling party is under U.S. sanctions."Three years ago, the United States imposed sanctions against the ruling party of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eritrea</a> a small and brutally repressive country in the Horn of Africa.And yet, Eritrea’s embassy in Washington has helped raise millions of dollars on behalf of the cash-strapped country since then, while Eritrean officials acknowledge that the government and the ruling party are one.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanctions</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/20/eritrea-sanctions-ruling-party-pfdj/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/20/eritrea-sanctions-ruling-party-pfdj/</a>

Kriszta Satori<a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> - World's longest detained journalist wins rights prize <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp87yrwn644o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp87yrwn644o</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/DawitIsaak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DawitIsaak</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eritrea</a>

Africa EventsIn tonight's edition, Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Issak, imprisoned without charge for over 23 years, is awarded the Swedish Edelstam Prize for his fight for freedom of expression.Also, Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko urges revenge for attacks on his supporters.And Cynthia Stimpel, the woman who exposed corruption at South African Airways during the years of State Capture, is embarking on a 700km hike to highlight the need for greater whistleblower protection in the country.<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=EyeonAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EyeonAfrica</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eritrea</a> <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20241112-jailed-eritrean-journalist-wins-rights-prize" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eye on Africa - Jailed Eritrean journalist wins rights prize</a>

FlipboardEritrean journalist Akberet Beyene was placed under house arrest in her home country as part of a crackdown on the media, and eventually fled the country dressed in her mother’s clothes and carrying her sister’s passport. It was just the first step in her journey to Canada as an asylum seeker. She tells her story in a new book, Geographies of the Heart, which is excerpted in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thetyee</a>.<a href="https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/10/31/Journalist-Escapes-Eritrea-Geographies-Heart/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/10/31/Journalist-Escapes-Eritrea-Geographies-Heart/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RefugeesWelcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RefugeesWelcome</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eritrea</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AsylumSeeker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AsylumSeeker</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#eritrea