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NEW: Court says our case challenging Facebook’s algorithm spreading death and hate speech can proceed in Kenya!

Meta tried to argue the Kenya courts didn’t have the power to hear Abrham and Fisseha’s case. Yesterday the court rejected that argument.

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Groundbreaking settlement for Foxglove senior fellow Tanya O’Carroll as Facebook agrees to stop using her data for targeted advertising

The government regulator has backed Tanya – so it may now be possible for others to switch off Facebook’s surveillance-based advertising.

We’re all now in a battle for drinking water with H20-guzzling data centres – and we’re losing

By 2050, we’re looking at a shortfall of five billion litres of water per day with what we have, compared with what we need to keep the taps from running dry.

MPs are investigating how social media fuelled last summer’s racist attacks – read our submission

We’ve suggested probes into two main areas: social media’s dangerous algorithms and the essential safety workers of social media – human content moderators.

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