Social Media Platforms: To regulate or not?
By Rebecca Ekpe Featuring Perspectives from the Second African Media Convention, Lusaka Zambia. In recent times, conversations about regulating Social Media Platforms have taken center stage in conversations, especially in Africa’s media ecosystem, where Digitization and the multiplicity of online news portals are rendering Legacy News Media gradually a redundant item on the bucket list […]
Free Speech is declining due to global backsliding of democracy- Democracy Activist Ryota Jonen
By Rebecca Ekpe Reports indicate that democratic backsliding has become a phenomenon in contemporary global politics, defining trends in politics. For example, West Africa continues to face democratic backsliding. In the past four years alone, ”several countries in West Africa have experienced democratic backsliding either in the form of military seizures of power from democratically […]
Social media influence is creating problems in our homes – Lawyer Ampaw
By: Nana Ama Gyapong A private legal practitioner, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has revealed that currently he has about 56 pending divorce cases of which most of them are based on the influence of social media. He made this revelation on ‘GTV’s Breakfast Show‘ this morning. According to Lawyer Ampaw, “today, what is creating problems for […]
MPs worry over wrongful usage of social media
By: Edzorna Francis Mensah Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed worry over wrongful usage of social media and its implication on present and future of the children are in grave danger if steps are to protect them from the dangerous hazards of early Social Media use and consumption. According to the MPs, there is […]
Use Social Media wisely – Dr Lawrence Tetteh
By: Henrietta Afful The Founder and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Reverend Dr Lawrence Tetteh says a lot of Ghanaians especially the youth, are not only abusing social media platforms but are also using it to destroy the community, their generation and Ghana at large. Reverend Dr. Lawrence Tetteh indicated that most social media […]
Any information you put on social media can be used against you in future- CEO of DK Cyber Zone Gh
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Social media helps us to connect with the world, but it also comes with risks, like account takeovers, and links or scams that lead to risky sites. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat have become digital Billboards for internet users. People love sharing their personal views and news […]
Social media users react to E-Levy, Deputy Finance Minister assures hitches would be resolved
A Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, says the government will address the initial challenges that have characterized the first day of the implementation of the widely unpopular E-levy. The new 1.5% value tax that took effect May 1, 2022, has been fraught with a number of challenges including the non application of some exemptions from […]
Social Media Followers, be circumspect in personal issues
By Fred Antwi Boasiako, Social Commentator The death of Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, known in showbiz circles as Ebony died at age 20, and at the peak of her career attracted social commentators to attribute her ‘premature’ death to her ‘bad girl’ lifestyle. In fact, she became a topic for many Pastors and Counselors, who cautioned […]
