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Facebook Targets "Fake News" in Europe
February 14, 2017
Reuters reports that employees of the social media site Facebook are working with French and German news organizations to ensure users cannot post allegedly "fake news" stories on its platform to sway the upcoming elections in those countries.
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UN Official: Refugee Policy Cannot Be Subject to Politics
February 14, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has expressed concern that "the refugee issue in the industrialised world – in Europe, the US, Australia – is very politicized" and called for countries to avoid measures, such as the travel barriers declared by the US, that weaken the global principle of "solidarity."
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Irish Proposal Targets "Distasteful" Online Content
February 08, 2017
The Irish Independent reports that Ireland's Communications Minister Denis Naughten is advancing a proposal to create the post of Digital Safety Commissioner to remove "distasteful or abusive" content from social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Activists Confront Radicalization with Interfaith Cooperation
February 08, 2017
In an effort to prevent the creeping influence of militant Islamist ideas and groups from fragile states of Nigeria, Mali, and Libya, interfaith activists in Niger have organized local Christian-Muslim dialogue committees to promote civic culture built on principles of tolerance and the renunciation of violence for dispute resolution.
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Sharia Banking Grows in UK Financial Markets
February 08, 2017
UK banking officials report that sharia-compliant/compatible banking has grown aggressively as part of the country's total financial sector, by over 400% since 2012, driven by British officials' bid to make London a global Islamic finance capital and by strong migration flows to the UK from Muslim-majority countries.
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