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October 28, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Social Media – An Unnecessary Evil?

Walk into any café, look into a living room, observe a family sitting down for a meal, or look around while walking down the street or travelling on a bus, and one

Diplomacy/Judiciary

Meta Faces Record $25bn Fine in New Mexico Over Facebook Privacy and Safety Failures

Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion by a judge in New Mexico after being found liable for repeatedly misleading Facebook users about privacy protections and content moderation. The ruling, one of the largest penalties imposed on the technology

October 22, 2026

Meta’s Original Sin: How Facebook Became a Legal Target

Diplomacy/Judiciary

Meta has finally fallen over the legal precipice towards which it had been edging for years. This week’s agreement with 52 US attorneys general,

A Civilisational Approach to Social Media

Human Rights/Sri Lanka

The debate over banning social media for minors is rapidly becoming one of the defining policy questions of the digital age. As countries around

Musk’s Executive Shuffle Claims Another X Leader

October 25, 2025
Business

X’s global head of revenue operations and advertising innovation, John Nitti, has left the social media platform after only ten months, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the latest executive

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Elon Musk’s X Achieves $44 Billion Valuation in Remarkable Turnaround

March 19, 2025
Diplomacy/News

Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, has experienced a dramatic resurgence in value, now being valued at a staggering $44 billion. This sharp turnaround highlights a significant shift in the

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Chinese App RedNote Tops U.S. App Store Amid Looming TikTok Ban

January 15, 2025
Business/Human Rights

In a dramatic turn of events, Chinese social media app RedNote has surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store’s free downloads chart as the specter of a TikTok ban

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Telegram CEO Durov Freed on Bail, Faces Formal Investigation

August 29, 2024
News

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released on Wednesday after paying a 5-million-euro (US$5.6 million) bail, but he is required to report to the police

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Sri Lankan Presidential Candidates Pour Billions into Social Media Campaigns

August 26, 2024
Presidential Election 2024

In the latest development of Sri Lanka’s presidential race, reliable sources have revealed that candidates are investing enormous sums into social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, and other channels. Notably, the ruling

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