He was speaking at UN Headquarters in New York, where he presented three new policy briefs on these themes to Member States. Serious challenges “They touch on some of the most serious challenges we face – challenges that may determine whether we are able to achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashpal Benam on Saturday annulled his daughter’s marriage to a Muslim boy in Pauri Garhwal in the Indian state of Uttarakhand with the mutual consent of the groom’s family. It is said that this was done when the wedding invitation card went viral on social media and resulted in a…
File photo More than 100,000 fake news social media accounts have been shut down in China. According to foreign media, a campaign to block fake news social media accounts is underway in China. According to reports, China has stepped up efforts to remove fake news and rumors from the Internet. Foreign media say that in…
The Abu Dhabi Family Court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced a young man who hacked a girl’s social media accounts. According to Arab media, the Abu Dhabi Family Court in the UAE fined the young man who hacked the girl’s social media accounts and not only fined the victim 2,000 dirhams as a…
A female YouTuber spread false information against the institution of Amr-e-Moruf wa Nahi-in-ul-Munkar, officials: Photo: File Riyadh: A female YouTuber was arrested for violating social media laws in Saudi Arabia. According to Arab media, Saudi Arabia’s audio-visual media agency has arrested a female YouTuber on the charge of spreading false information against Amr-e-Maruf wa Nahi-in-ul-Mankar…
While social media users adopt different and new ways to express themselves, they also try to take full advantage of popular memes on their timelines. Over the past few years, images, videos and screenshots derived from them have become so prominent that they are used freely at every opportunity. If you’re active on social media,…
In an appeal to internet chat platforms to monitor content more carefully and allocate sufficient resources to do so, the rights experts warned that Telegram in particular had become “a hotbed of pro-military activity”. ‘Violent and misogynistic’ Tens of thousands of followers had been drawn to the junta’s “violent and misogynistic content”, warned the rights…
Between 2016 and 2020, an additional 50 million boys and girls aged 15 and under missed out on child benefits, driving up the total to 1.46 billion globally. Increased risk of hardship Child and family benefit coverage rates either fell or stagnated in every region of the world during this period, according to the report. …
“We must develop fairer, more balanced policies that generate the political buy-in to drive change,” Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said in a video message. “What is also needed is a deeper social dialogue with actors across the real economy.” The day’s theme focuses on strengthening global solidarity and re-building trust in government by overcoming barriers…
