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Digital Rights versus Social Responsibility
In 2018, Uganda's parliament made a significant decision by imposing a tax on popular social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook. The aim was to deter excessive gossip and promote responsible usage of these...
Historical Events
20- 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging is signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1909 The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time. United States
- 1909 The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time. United States
- 1910 1910 – The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1910 The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1910 The South Africa Act establishes the Union of South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1921 The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300. United States
- 1955 The U.S. Supreme Court orders school districts to enforce educational desegregation 'at all deliberate speed.' United States
- 1955 The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation "at all deliberate speed." United States
- 1961 South Africa becomes a republic. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1962 The West Indies Federation dissolves. Caribbean
- 1963 Mali introduces the National Order of Mali, its top honour for outstanding achievements. 🇲🇱 Mali
- 1963 Mali introduces the National Order of Mali, the top honour for outstanding achievements. 🇲🇱 Mali
- 1971 Kenya government prosecutes twelve civilian conspirators on sedition charges after intelligence services infiltrate the coup network. 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 1991 The Bicesse Accords lay out Angola's transition to multi-party democracy under UN supervision. 🇦🇴 Angola
- 1991 Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission. 🇦🇴 Angola
- 2012 Egypt formally ends its 31-year state of emergency. 🇪🇬 Egypt
- 2017 Kenya inaugurates Madaraka Express, a high-speed railway from Mombasa to Nairobi. 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 2018 Uganda's parliament imposes tax on WhatsApp and Facebook to stop gossip 🇺🇬 Uganda
