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Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California, US. Twitter said it ended a policy designed to suppress false or misleading information about Covid-19, part of Elon Musk’s polarising mission to remake the social network as a place for unmoderated speech. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Prominent Twitter users ticked off over $8 fee lose verification

Well-known South Africans, including Trevor Noah, Siya Kolisi and John Steenhuisen, have lost their check mark as Elon Musk pushes for Twitter Blue

  • Anathi Madubela
2 min read
Journalists throughout Southern and East Africa are harassed, detained mostly through the use of criminal law. Photo: File
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World Press Freedom Day: When journalism is threatened, democracy is at stake

Governments, philanthropists, Big Tech, readers and media houses themselves must work together to ensure the sustainability of the media ecosystem

  • Antonio Zappulla
7 min read
Ted Kaczynski, pictured here in 1999, wrote in his manifesto about how technology would be the downfall of America. (Stephen J. Dubner/Getty)
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How the Unabomber was caught or, why we need subeditors

Subeditors are the people who turn a reporter’s words into coherent work with the correct use of grammar and language, without removing the author’s voice or misrepresenting the…

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
2 min read