Tag: ban
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Australia social media ban for children is an ineffective quick-fix
Responding to a new Australian law prohibiting children and young people under 16 from using social media, Damini Satija, Programme Director at Amnesty Tech said: “A ban…
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Australia’s bold move to ban kids under 16 from social media sparks important global debate
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Starting this week, on December 10th, Australia will become…
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Landmines: Action Needed to Reinforce Ban
(Geneva, December 1, 2025) – The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives but…
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Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.
Farmland is everywhere in tiny Unity Township, from neat fields of corn to open cattle…
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Dominican Republic: Court Ends Security Forces Gay Sex Ban
(New York) – The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Codes of…
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England to ban plastic wet wipes in a bid to clean up rivers and seas
The ban aims to protect waterways, curb microplastic pollution and end the scourge of ‘fatbergs’.…
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Kazakhstan: Parliament’s last-minute “LGBTI propaganda” ban must not become law
Reacting to the forthcoming reading in Kazakhstan’s parliament of draft amendments that would ban so-called…
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World News in Brief: Airstrikes in Lebanon, hope in CAR, a call to ban lead-based paints
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents on Friday at the daily briefing this includes mortar…
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Sweden sets nationwide mobile phone ban in schools starting 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Sweden will introduce a nationwide mobile phone ban in…
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Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls
Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September…