India has announced new rules to regulate content on social media. This makes Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and others more accountable to legal requests for the swift removal of posts and sharing information on where the messages originated from. The rules – part of an effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to put Big Tech on a shorter leash – ...

Authorities in Bukedea District in Eastern Uganda have detained a police officer after he shot dead a 17-year-old unarmed child. Police detained Constable Charles Okurut on Thursday morning after he shot and killed Patrick Otimong, a resident of Ajesa village, Akero parish in Bukedea Sub County. Otimong has been a senior two student at Sironko Parents Secondary School. Constable Charles ...

An expert’s proposal to solve the looming social crisis caused by China’s gender imbalance by matchmaking urban “leftover” women with rural unmarried men has sparked controversy. Wu Xiuming, deputy secretary-general of the Shanxi Think Tank Development Association, a non-governmental organization in central China specializing in social development research, has called for authorities to urgently address a rise in the number ...

Veteran journalist turned NRM mobilizer Basajja Mivule has showcased his achievement in form of a vehicle. This came just hours after National Unity Platform principal Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine exhibited his armored vehicle. Snoops pictured Basajja Mivule exiting a Hilux double cabin hard body yesterday. He had a file in hand and was rocking his usual three-piece suits. ...

A young lady who recently defeated Cancer has received a string of good wishes from social media users. Twitter users celebrated her resilience after successfully going through chemotherapy and defeating cancer. The identity and other details of the lady are not yet known. A social media user, kola_kolz, shared inspiring photos, claiming the lady beat cancer. In the photos shared ...