According to a Reuters survey of Norwegian lawmakers, nominees include climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the WHO and its COVAX programme to secure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries. Norwegian lawmakers have nominated the eventual laureate every year since 2014, with the exception of 2019.
As tech platforms such as Google and Facebook have grown, governments around the world have begun to seek out ways to rein in their outsized influence and power
A Republican legislator from the US state of South Carolina has been censured by the state branch of the party after he voted to impeach former United States President Donald Trump earlier this month.
Congressman Tom Rice was one of 10 Republicans in the US House of Representatives who voted in favour of impeaching Trump on January 13 for “incitement of insurrection” concerning the deadly riot at the US Capitol this month.
On Saturday, the South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) said it had formally censured Rice for his vote.
“We made our disappointment clear the night of the impeachment vote,” SCGOP Chairman Drew McKissick said in a statement shared on social media, about the symbolic rebuke.
Social media companies were right to de-platform Trump to stop him from inciting further violence. But the safety and freedoms of millions of people using their platforms in the Global South are also equally important, writes Mehmood [AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File]
Earlier this month, United States President Donald Trump was banned from a number of leading social media platforms for “inciting violence” after his supporters stormed the US Capitol building to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory. Twitter also suspended 70,000 accounts posting QAnon content.
The US president has long been using his vast social media reach to spread misinformation, put targets on the backs of his political opponents, and intimidate his critics. As a result, Twitter and Facebook’s decision to “permanently suspend” Trump’s accounts was celebrated by many as an important, albeit late, step in the right direction. The de-platforming of the president, however, also drew at
Published January 28, 2021, 11:42 PM
The impeachment of former United States President Donald Trump continues to hold the attention of people around the world, although his term ended last January 20 when new President Joseph Biden took his oath of office after winning over Trump in the presidential election of November 3.
Last Monday, a delegation of House Democrats walked from the House of Representatives wing of the US Capitol across the Rotunda at the center of the building, to the Senate side, to deliver the House impeachment charge of “incitement of insurrection” against Trump.
The House had voted to impeach Trump last February 3 on the single charge of “incitement of insurrection” for Trump’s role in whipping up his supporters on January 6, the day they stormed the Capitol, occupied the House and Senate session halls, caused some damage to the premises, and threatened the lives of lawmakers, including Vice President and Senate Preside