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Youth mythbusters needed to curb the viral threat to public health communications

Coronavirus Ramneek Ahluwalia - 23 May 2020

Because most fake news is spread on social media where young people feel comfortable, the government should ask for their help

Battle of the websites: Dlamini-Zuma vs Ramaphosa

Article Phillip De Wet - 21 Apr 2017

Her platform says little about her ambitions but the images stretch beyond South Africa’s borders.

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Active-Active: It’s no longer down to downtime

Article Liron Segev - 18 Sep 2014

The Huawei Cloud Congress presents the Active-Active data centre as a solution to the increasingly memory captive website, writes Liron Segev.

M&G Women site: A ghetto or a platform?

Videos Staff Reporter - 2 Sep 2013

Was launching M&G Women a smart move? Site editor Aliki Karasaridis and editor-in-chief Chris Roper debate the pros and cons with readers.

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20 years on, the world’s first web page to be reborn

Article Nina Larson - 30 Apr 2013

The world's first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored as part of a project to celebrate 20 years of the web.

Free State: Our website budget was audited

Article Sapa - 5 Mar 2013

The Free State has defended the more than R40-million allocated for its website revamp, saying the budget was assessed by the auditor general.

Act puts noose around the internet’s neck

Analysis Staff Reporter - 19 Oct 2012

A badly drafted law easily allows anyone to censor the content of websites hosted in South Africa, writes Leon de Kock

Web policing a global challenge

Article Phillip De Wet - 31 May 2012

Whether it be child pornography or a politically sensitive painting, banning content widely distributed online is often pure symbolic futility.

Pittsburgh paper launches online charging scheme

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Sep 2009

<i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> starts members' club offering readers extra content, access to journalists and special events.

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