IBPP Research Associates: Nigeria

This article was posted in the 08/07/2001 Issue of Post Express (Wired) (Nigeria). Copyright permissions for providing the article for download were not available, and it is not available here. The article discusses the work of Helon Habila, born in Kaltungo, Gombe State in Nigeria, and his winning the Caine Prize for African Writing with his short story Love Poems taken from his first collection titled Prison Stories

Public Figures and Shady Characters

This article - Public Figures and Shady Characters, by a staff writer at The Post Express: Wired (Nigeria) - was posted online on February 12, 2001. It discusses corruption in the Obasanjo Administration in Nigeria. Scholarly Commons could not obtain copyright permissions to include the article in this repository, and it is not included here for download

The Role of Social Media Companies in the Regulation of Online Hate Speech

This article is about online hate speech propagated via platforms operated by social media companies (SMCs). It examines the options open to states in forcing SMCs to take responsibility for the hateful content that appears on their sites.  It examines the technological and legal context for imposing legal obligations on SMCs, and analyses initiatives in Germany, the UK, the EU and elsewhere.  It argues that whilst SMCs can play a role in controlling online hate speech, there are limitations to what they can achieve