Doing more to protect children online appears to be one of the few issues that still has bipartisan support in Congress. Lawmakers from both parties have so far focused with some urgency on their own active legislation, pushing the social media bosses present today to either express support for it or explain why they will not. This is a big ...

Republican Senator John Cornyn wants to know about TikTok’s relationship with the Chinese government. The app is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company. He asks TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew if the company has shared US user data with the Chinese government, as mandated by Chinese law. “We have not been asked for any data by the Chinese government and we have never provided ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has come to congress today with a clear vision – that Apple and Google could play a bigger role in keeping children off platforms or ensuring they have age appropriate experiences on social apps. Zuckerberg says Apple and Google’s app stores could be the “easiest” and “right” place to check the age of child users or let parents ...

Inflation will ease throughout 2024 averaging 18% in 2024, Fitch Solutions has predicted. It insists the easing inflation will force the Bank of Ghana to cut the policy rate by 800 basis points this year. It disclosed this in its January 2024 Sub Saharan Africa Quarterly Update. This will be almost in line with the Bank of Ghana’s projection of ...

European Union member states are set to launch a naval mission in the Red Sea by mid-February, aiming to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants. Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen have become a hotspot for maritime unrest, with attacks targeting ships perceived to be associated with Israel. The Houthis claim solidarity with the Palestinians amid the ongoing Israeli military ...

Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch walked the red carpet on a cold night in London Tuesday along with Ziggy and Rohan Marley for the premiere of their new biopic “Bob Marley: One Love.” The film, which is produced by Brad Pitt’s company Plan B Entertainment, stars Ben-Adir as the reggae icon and Lynch as his wife Rita. It charts the ...

Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said he is very disappointed in his own party, the governing New Patriotic Party, for failing to acknowledge its own achievements. The situation, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s cousin admits, makes him so frustrated that he has decided to quit local politics. “I have retired from domestic politics,” Mr Otchere-Darko told Asaase Radio in an interview. “I ...

Crime has a global reach, and Africa is not exempt from its impact. The continent grapples with crime rates influenced by socio-economic disparities. Factors such as poverty, limited educational access, and economic inequality contribute to a climate where some individuals resort to illicit activities for survival. Certain African cities face significant challenges, marked by high crime rates linked to issues ...

How much money did Liberia’s former administration leave in the state coffers when it left power? President Joseph Boakai who was sworn in on January 22nd said on Monday that the balance recorded was US$20.5 million, not US$40 million, as former President George Weah had claimed. Liberian media reported Wednesday that the Senate ordered the Central Bank to clarify contradictions ...

Another witness in the trial of Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1, the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, yesterday indicated that all attempts to retrieve funds locked with the defunct company proved futile and the company used that as an advantage to extort money from customers. The prosecution called two witnesses yesterday, bringing the total number of witness to ...