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Australia investigates tech giants over social media ban compliance

Tuesday at 04:49 AM, via Daily Maverick

SYDNEY, March 31 (Reuters) – The Australian internet regulator said it was investigating five of the biggest social media platforms for suspected breaches of its new under-16 ban, its strongest signal yet that companies may face enforcement action under a world-first regime.

Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks

Tuesday at 04:48 AM, via Daily Maverick

JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.

What’s Eating Us? Maverick Citizen launches third season of food justice podcast

Tuesday at 00:00 AM, via Daily Maverick

This season of What’s Eating Us looks at the food system from the ground up; the farmworkers who make our food, the building blocks of early childhood development, food insecurity in cities such as Johannesburg, and all the way to the policies in place, an alternative grocery store and conversations with government.

In the thorns: Farmworkers exposed to pesticides in De Doorns fear speaking out

Tuesday at 00:00 AM, via Daily Maverick

“My mother died, not even getting a chance to get a decent, living wage [as a farmworker]. I’m also not going to get it. I’m putting this struggle forward for my next generation that comes – that there, maybe, a bigger solution, or they are going to get that decent living,” says Annalise Abrahams*.

PHOTO ESSAY: What’s Eating Us? Podcast travels

Tuesday at 00:00 AM, via Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick documented the realities of hunger in the Western and Eastern Cape, gathering personal stories through podcast interviews and glimpses into local lives.

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