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In Brief: Voters in Zimbabwe received unsolicited SMSs to try to persuade them to support current President Emerson Mnangagwa in this summer’s general election

It’s not clear yet what database was used to source information for messages which contained voter names and their specific polling places, but the Media Council of Southern Africa (MISA), a non-governmental rights organization, is investigating it.

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Children’s Privacy: Arkansas passes second US age-verification law

April 18, 2023

The “Social Media Safety Act,” which follows passage of a similar law in Utah, requires social media platforms to verify the ages of users who are under 18 and requires parental consent for minors to create an account. Companies will be required to check ages via government-issued IDs or other verification methods, though what those methods will be, and which companies are exempt, is still unclear.

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YouTube Home to Hundreds of Election Misinformation Videos

November 5, 2024

Misleading election-related ads are “running rampant” on Meta-owned Facebook, but Google-owned YouTube is also making money from misinformation. Research by Media Matters, independently confirmed by the New York Times, found 30 YouTube channels that between them had posted almost 300 videos containing misinformation which had earned some 47 million views. YouTube is monetizing them with ads and sharing revenue with the creators.  YouTube says election-denial falsehoods don’t violate its guidelines.

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