TECH IN AFRICA Nigeria slaps Meta with $290m in fines for invasive practices 5 min 0 By Tolu Olarewaju and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada
The Conversation DeepSeek: why the hot new Chinese AI chatbot has big privacy and security problems 3 min 1 By Mohiuddin Ahmed
EYES IN THE SKY Big Brother’s beach watch — drones and CCTV spark privacy concerns in Cape Town 4 min 151 By Kristin Engel
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: What is the connection between baboons and your right to privacy? 4 min 1 By Tim Cohen
THE CONVERSATION How to protect your data privacy: A digital media expert provides steps you can take and explains why you can’t go it alone 4 min 0 By Nathan Schneider
GROUNDUP ‘Subjective consent’ in rape cases — here’s why the court declared this defence unconstitutional 5 min 1 By Geoffrey Allsop
TECHNOLOGY Got a feeling somebody’s spying on you? Smart homes are data collection hubs 6 min 1 By Georgina Crouth
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell — court ruling gives illicit tobacco barons an unexpected boost 3 min 4 By Tim Cohen
Maverick News Pressure point — New legislation impacts RICA, and why legal surveillance reforms are urgently required 5 min 1 By Chuma Nontsele
THE CONVERSATION TikTok bans: what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns 4 min 0 By Benjamin Dowling
THE CONVERSATION Facebook and Instagram are stalking you on websites accessed via their apps - here’s how to protect your privacy 4 min 0 By David Tuffley
THE CONVERSATION Digital doubles: In the future, virtual versions of ourselves could predict our behaviour 4 min 0 By Jordan Richard Schoenherr
PROFILE PROLIFERATION Facebook testing ways to allow users to have up to five profiles tied to one account 1 min 0 By Reuters
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OP-ED Stop censorship: Zambia’s ‘New Dawn’ should extend to digital rights and freedom of online expression 4 min 0 By Bulanda T Nkhowani and Kian Vesteinsson
DM168 SCIENCE News flush: Sewer-trawling technology knows the type of drugs you took last night 4 min 0 By Shaun Smillie
GROUNDUP Op-Ed The Human Rights Commission is wrong – vaccines are not always optional 2 min 0 By Zackie Achmat
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 Critics of SA government’s proposed digital grab idea express deep concerns 4 min 12 By Unknown Author
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 12-18 APRIL 2021 This week in civil society: The role of the arts, the Information Regulator and vaccine manufacturing in SA and the world 3 min 0 By Christi Nortier
OP-ED Disinformation in a time of Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa 8 min 0 By Thandi Smith and William Bird
