The messiness of the social media ban for those under 16, as part of the Online Safety Act 2021, is becoming more apparent, writes Binoy Kampmark.
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Green Left’s Susan Price spoke with Ibrahim Izzeldeen, from the Free Sudan Gazette, about this new media project and how it is centring Sudanese voices and ensuring that the struggle of the Sudanese people for their country’s future is visible in the international media landscape.
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The latest episode of the Green Left Show features Tom Sulston, from Digital Rights Watch, about the incoming social media ban, why it harms young people, what the alternatives could be and other issues related to digital privacy.
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Right-wing led protests this weekend across Mexico were a bizarre attempt to copy-paste recent uprisings and protests in Nepal, the Philippines and Indonesia and were conjured up from AI campaigns, bots and influencers, not real social movements, writes Tamara Pearson.
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Gen Townsend joins Green Left Radio to talk about the Press on for Palestine project.
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United States President Donald Trump issued an executive order on September 25, claiming to “save” TikTok from being banned in the US, but the deal is being criticised as yet another case of him "picking winners and losers in government policy based on who is enriching his family”, reports Jessica Corbett.
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As Israel intensified its assault on Gaza, its supporters in Australia gathered at a luxury resort on Queensland’s Gold Coast to discuss how to stop criticism of the state of Israel by labelling it antisemitic. Wendy Bacon and Stephanie Tran report.
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Kathmandu is on edge, not because of “apps”, but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has collided with an economy and political order that keep shutting every door, write Atul Chandra and Pramesh Pokharel.
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The importance of Green Left as one of the most longstanding people-powered alternative media projects was underlined by the many statements of support it received during its “Powering Rebellion” livestream broadcast. Peter Boyle reports.
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About 100 people gathered in central Québec City, Canada, to hold vigil for the journalists murdered by Israel in Gaza and protest the Canadian government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, reports Ben Radford.
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Binoy Kampmark reports on the targeting of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues, who were assassinated in a drone attacks by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza City.
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Thousands of people took to the streets across Australia over June 27–29, again demanding Labor sanctions Israel and stops sending arms. Pip Hinman and Isaac Nellist report.