Pre-released Motion:
Social media platforms should require everyone to use their real names while online
Suggested Readings:
- Gov clarifies identity checks for social media as law is passed
- World-first regime to start in Australia.
- Scrubbing the net: The content moderators - The Listening Post
- Many social media users assume that content moderation is automated, that when an inappropriate image or video is uploaded to the net a computer removes it – whereas, in reality, there are reportedly more than 150,000 content moderators working today.
- Has Social Media Fuelled a Teen-Suicide Crisis?
- Mental-health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans, and parents and lawmakers alike are scrutinizing life online for answers.
- Young people cite anonymity, safe space in turning to Discord for mental health peer support
- When they were struggling with their mental health, Jade and Annabelle, two women in their 20s, looked for peer support online. Both came across an unconventional source of support – a Discord server run by It All Starts Hear SG (IASH.SG), a social enterprise set up to provide community-based mental health support.
- South Africa goes after social media as it cracks down on looting and protests
- South Africa, rocked by violent protests that have turned deadly, is now looking to social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to crack down on looting and destruction of property and infrastructure by demonstrators.
- Russian propaganda: How Moscow uses disinformation in Africa
- Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator.
- Cyberbullying's chilling trend: Teens anonymously target themselves online, study finds
- Cyberbullying is not a new phenomenon. But an alarming number of teenagers are anonymously posting mean things online — about themselves.
