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Guest Opinion: Russians are living in a frightening, distorted reality, by Vladimir Kara-Murza

The Keene Sentinel 21 Jan 2023

As high-level conversations begin about a future international tribunal over the Putin regime’s war crimes in Ukraine, plans should also be made to bring to account those who incited and enabled them — in the same way Nazi propagandists were tried at Nuremberg, or the operators of Radio Mille Collines at the U.N. criminal tribunal for Rwanda ... .

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Meta Faces Lawsuit For Fueling Ethiopian Civil War

OWP 21 Dec 2022

Like the radio in Rwanda, Facebook has fanned the flames of the war in Ethiopia.” In the same article, Wired shares that more than 6 million people use Facebook in Ethiopia but that Facebook lacks the capacity to “properly moderate content in most of the country’s more than 45 ...

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Will Elon Musk Twitter policy flip-flops impact MidEast? - analysis

The Jerusalem Post 19 Dec 2022

The Twitter icon on a cellphone. (credit. DREAMSTIME/TNS) ... For instance, during the Rwanda genocide in 1994, the code used by Hutu extremists on the radio to encourage the genocide of Tutsis was “cut down the tall trees.” Social media giants today can sometimes be exploited by extremists, as the radio was by extremists in the 1990s.  .

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Meta accused in lawsuit of amplifying hate speech in Africa

The Spokesman-Review 14 Dec 2022

... citing a judgment against a state broadcaster in a case about the 1994 Rwanda genocide. She said that Facebook played a similar role to what radio did in Rwanda during the genocide, and is potentially even more dangerous as it has wider reach than a broadcaster for instance.

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Home Office Adviser Nimco Ali Quits On Live Radio With Blast At Suella Braverman

Huffington Post 09 Dec 2022

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 07 ... But she has since called on Braverman to apologise for saying it was her “dream” to send refugees to Rwanda. During an interview on Times Radio, she was asked if she was happy to remain in post under the current home secretary ... “No ... @cathynewmanpic.twitter.com/V7MFmE2vO5— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) December 9, 2022 ... .

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UN chief: World must help navigate social media pitfalls

Manila Standard 09 Dec 2022

The council must provide guidance on the rights implications of new technologies and social media use ... UN Human Rights Council head Federico Villegas ... A tool for good ... He pointed to how a Belgian journalist helped spread propaganda over Mille Collines radio inciting to hatred and violence in the lead-up to the Rwanda genocide ... ....

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How Big Tech chickenized and captured the arts

Asiatimes 25 Nov 2022

And so on, through radio, live music, artists’ agents, ... Big Tech’s billions can make sure that regulations are made in their favor – US radio not having to pay royalties for the music they play, for example (an arrangement the US shares only with Rwanda, Iran and North Korea).

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The Madness by Fergal Keane and Breaking: Trauma in the Newsroom: reporters’ war stories

The Irish Times 12 Nov 2022

Brian Rowan on two books that provide valuable, if disturbing, insight into news coverage ... File photograph. Liam McBurney/The Irish Times Brian Rowan. Sat Nov 12 2022 - 05.00. The Madness ... Author ... Listening to him on the radio. Reports from Belfast, South Africa, Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, Iraq, Ukraine and from the numerous other hells on earth ... .

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How The Nazis Used Language To Pave The Way For The Holocaust

IFL Science 09 Nov 2022

These spanned from November 1927 to April 1945, totaling over 57,000 words ... The Nazis were master propagandists who utilized the new technologies of film and radio for their evil ends ... Prior to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, for example, the Hutu majority would frequently refer to the Tutsi minority as “cockroaches” in their radio broadcasts.  ... .

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Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye detained for over two months without formal charge

CPJ 04 Nov 2022

Irangabiye is a commentator and debate program host on Radio Igicaniro, a Rwanda-based outlet that publishes critical commentary and debate on Burundian politics and culture, according to Radio Igicaniro editor Arsène Bitabuzi, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app, a report on ...

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UK govt under fire for 'wretched' migrant centre conditionsChief Inspector of Borders David Neal, who ...

Deccan Herald 31 Oct 2022

“The government, rather than doing the hard yards and the hard graft of sorting out the backlog, is chasing headlines with things like the Rwanda plan, which is simply unworkable, unethical, and unaffordable,” he told Times Radio ... Top News of the Day Tune in to DH Radio DH Video ...

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UK govt under fire for ‘wretched’ migrant center conditions

Metro USA 31 Oct 2022

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UK govt under fire for 'wretched' migrant center conditions

Rutland Herald 31 Oct 2022

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UK gov't under fire for ‘wretched’ migrant center conditions

Jamaica Observer 31 Oct 2022

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During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, hate radio played a huge part in getting

Democratic Underground 30 Oct 2022

In June 1993 a new radio station called Radio-Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLMC) began broadcasting in Rwanda ... It was set up and financed by Hutu extremists to prepare the people of Rwanda for genocide by demonising the Tutsi and encouraging hate and violence ... In the US we not only have hate radio, but lots of hate on social media.