Join Mashable as we look back at all the viral moments, movies, memes, dating trends, hyped up tech, scientific discoveries, and more that have delighted and amazed us in 2024. Being online in 2024 ...
Given how social media has been a part of most people’s everyday lives, it should not be surprising to us that social movement can be accomplished effectively online. In this post, my student, Sarah ...
As 2024 draws to a close, it will be remembered as the year digital activism redefined Kenya's politics and governance. Social media, once a simple communication tool, emerged as a powerful force for ...
Two decades ago, during the Iraq war, we felt more deeply than we perhaps do for the violence in Iran or Gaza now ...
In a time when one tweet can ignite anger, a reel can initiate discussion, and a hashtag can bring together countless individuals globally, one question frequently arises: can social media activism ...
Global Voices, through its Rising Voices initiative, is pleased to announce that the Indigenous Language Digital Activism Summit will take place in Mexico City on March 11–15, 2025. The summit will be ...
A SMEX report reveals how patriarchal surveillance, biased algorithms, and legal intimidation suppress feminist voices online, highlighting activists' strategies of care, solidarity, and resistance to ...
Greg Gondwe explores Zambian youth's sophisticated digital activism in the wake of the 2020 youth protests, "effectively challenging the so-called elite on their own digital turf." "Through ...
A scholar and Pan-African thinker, Prof. Toyin Falola, has said Africa stands at the cross roads of new democratic awakening driven by the transformative force of digital activism. He noted that the ...
In 2020, a 17-year-old’s TikTok video about police brutality went viral, amassing 50 million views in just one day. This post didn’t just spark conversations; it helped ignite what became the largest ...