University of Bath - Academics join global call on Meta for more rigorous study of social media impact on children

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Academics join global call on Meta for more rigorous study of social media impact on children

 

Published:

University of Bath, Press Release, 6 December 2021

https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/academics-join-global-call-on-meta-for-more-rigorous-study-of-social-media-impact-on-children/

 

From the press release:

Two University of Bath School of Management experts have joined a coalition of leading academics from across the world to call on Meta/Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to support researchers who want to better understand how Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp impact children’s well-being.

 

SOUTH AFRICA - Sending these WhatsApp messages in South Africa can now land you with a fine and jailtime [BusinessTech, June 2021]

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Sending these WhatsApp messages in South Africa can now land you with a fine and jailtime

 

Published:

BusinessTech, 2 June 2021

https://businesstech.co.za/news/mobile/495393/sending-these-whatsapp-messages-in-south-africa-can-now-land-you-with-a-fine-and-jailtime/

 

From the article:

Examples of such data messages include:  

* Those which incite violence or damage to property; 

* Those which threaten persons with violence or damage to property; 

* Those which contain an intimate image sent without the subject’s consent. 

 

Other offences include cyber fraud, forgery, extortion and theft of incorporeal property.

 

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A person who is convicted of an offence under the Cybercrimes Act is liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period of up to fifteen years or to both a fine and such imprisonment as may be ordered in terms of the offence.

Tel Aviv University, Israel (May 2021) - Facebook And WhatsApp Are Changing The Sexual Abuse Attitude In Israel's Hasidic Community

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Facebook And WhatsApp Are Changing The Sexual Abuse attitude In Israel's Hasidic Community

 

Published:

Tel Aviv University, Israel, 18 May 2021

https://english.tau.ac.il/news/whatsapp_and_fb_changing_haredi_attitude_on_sexual_abuse

From the article:

New study at Tel Aviv University reveals deep processes occurring in this sector over the past few years.

Short Article (April 2020) - WhatsApp tightens sharing limits to curb virus misinformation

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WhatsApp tightens sharing limits to curb virus misinformation

Published:
Tech Xplore, 7 April 2020

From the article:
"WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic."

To read this article:
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-whatsapp-tightens-limits-curb-virus.html