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• Zimbabwe high court orders government to restore full internet

  21-01-2019 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Blackout on social media apps continues after arrests, strikes and protests over fuel pricesZimbabwe’s high court has ordered the country’s government to restore the internet in full, ruling that the security minister did not have the power to issue such a directive.The court said only President Emmerson Mnangagwa has the authority to make such an order. Related: Zimbabwe warns brutal crackdown is 'foretaste of things to come'Continue reading...
  
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• Bullied Syrian schoolboy to sue Facebook over Tommy Robinson claims

  21-01-2019 11:31 via theguardian.com
  Social network gave ‘special status’ to English Defence League founder, say solicitorsThe Syrian schoolboy who was filmed being attacked in a playground in Huddersfield is to take legal action against Facebook over claims by Tommy Robinson that he attacked English girls.Solicitors for the 16-year-old, who can be identified only as Jamal, said Facebook had given “special status” to the English Defence League founder to peddle false and defamatory lies about the schoolboy.
  
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