Calls for education on online child abuse content

Calls for education on online child abuse content

MTN Group’s Marina Madale and Paramount Africa’s Monde Twala. Online safety, as it pertains to children, needs to be embedded into the curriculums of schools in all countries across the African continent. This is according to Marina Madale, executive: sustainability and shared value at MTN Group, noting some key components that can form part of…

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Meta closes child abuse accounts after SA court order

Meta closes child abuse accounts after SA court order

Possessing, distributing or creating child sexual abuse material is illegal. Meta has shut down several WhatsApp and Instagram accounts in compliance with a court order over sexually explicit content being shared via the social media channel. The Facebook parent company says it will continue to engage with law enforcement over the use of its apps…

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El Salvador president denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s allegations of beatings, abuse in prison

El Salvador president denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s allegations of beatings, abuse in prison

The president of El Salvador is refuting allegations made by Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man whose mistaken deportation by the Trump administration has fueled a monthslong legal saga — in which he said he was beaten and subject to psychological torture while in prison in the Central American country. President Nayib Bukele, in a post on the…

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