Don't miss DemocracyXChange at Toronto Metropolitan University on April 13! CSDI's Chris Tenove leads a dynamic panel on the key issues facing democracies in the 2024 election cycle. 🌎✨ Insights from RM Bruna Martins dos Santos Inga Kristina Trauthig and Wa Lone Get tickets here: democracyxchange.org #DXC24

#SocialMediaInAfrica Are you working on, or looking to contribute to, solutions addressing online harms (e.g. hate speech, influence operations, 'fake news', sextortion, platform failures) in African communities? Kindly DM me and I'll get back to you. Tx x.com/messages/compo…

In 2023 President Tinubu received support from less than 10% of registered Nigerian voters, raising concerns about the true representation of the Nigerian people's will and the future of Nigerian democracy. Our team at CCIJ and members of our West Africa Hub have spent months on

Ask Nigerian news organisations to name bad actors in the media space and they’ll point a finger at Linda EKG and ‘bloggers’ whilst ignoring the three fingers pointing back at them! We need to uphold press freedom, AND we must also address corruption in the Nigerian media!

Sacked on the 17th of April for falsifying her degrees and credentials and awarded as Vanguard's Energy Icon of the year on the 29th of May. The rot runs deep.

That Vanguard News post makes me feel like it’s time for me to return to Twitter. To participate, not just lurk It still shocks me that I went from super vocal in 2010 to loosing my voice after I got involved with those Nigerian activists turned politicians. Worse than Abacha!

Imagine that… 🎼🎼🎼

So, I’m going to explore coming out of my shell by experimenting with LinkedIn. Intro/Day 1 of #Rosemarys30DaysOfJune here: linkedin.com/posts/activity…

very strange atmosphere in Walthamstow this evening. This street would normally be crammed full of people but it’s quiet, almost all businesses have shut early, even the big Lidl supermarket. (Good to see so many businesses prioritising staff safety, but the result is chilling)

Update from TfL "In anticipation of possible demonstrations taking place this evening, Wstow bus station will be closing at 6pm tonight. While some buses may be delayed, diverted or stop short of their normal destination this will help us maintain as good a service across as..."

Aldershot is a little army town with a hotel on the outskirts which accommodates asylum seekers. The racists were at the hotel last Wednesday. Tonight, the alleged target is a law firm in the town centre. Town centre was looking like a ghost town before 5PM. No police presence.

Men are on a stabbing spree in the UK, with women and girls the main victims, and yet nobody wants to say the quiet part out loud.

This Guy❤️

They’re making the conversation about race and immigrants when this is something that’s increasing across the board. Even schools are issuing warnings to parents about growing levels of misogyny. I’m so worried about all the misdirection delaying real and necessary action.

From issuing refunds then plans to give money to police - what should have been a simple GoFundMe to replace a carer’s car destroyed by riots, has been dubbed a ‘car crash’ mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/f…

For some context, we were rejected for funding everywhere and Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon immediately understood the need & potential impact and supported us, and helped encourage others to support. Can't express my gratitude enough. This level of solidarity is very rare.