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The Social Media Week Lagos 2020 gets underway in a few days and The Guardian will be hosting two sessions.⁣ First, we’d take a look at how creators can balance timely content availability with premium audience satisfaction without compromising on either.⁣ Finally, we’d look at the global phenomenon called hate speech and how it can be regulated in Nigeria without misuse and abuse of power.⁣

Here is a video highlighting what some of our panellists had to share on various tools available to harness user experience as well as repackaging content in ways to enable the audience to connect.⁣

Australia plans to force Google and Facebook to pay when they recycle local media content. Canberra says its lever will be fair competition rules rather than Europe's focus on copyright usage.

Mark Zuckerberg has admitted mistakes will be made whilst AI is moderating Covid-19 posts on Facebook.

The video streaming giant will remove all new content that alleges widespread fraud changed the outcome of the US election.

Some users in Canada, Indonesia and Brazil will see less political content from this week, and the US will see a similar reduction in weeks to come. Facebook said people don't want politics dominating their news feed.

Posts calling for rallies in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had "incited teenagers" to take part in "illegal activities," Russia's media watchdog said earlier this year.

The Indian government has slammed the posts as "completely false," with officials concerned that the term "Indian variant" could hurt the country's reputation.

Celebrities and Content Creators have described the ban of twitter operations in Nigeria as ill-advised.

Hungary has passed a new law that critics say conflates pedophilia with LGBTQ+ issues. Is the government trying to deflect attention from its failures and divide the opposition?

Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

It is the fourth time that the wildly popular video sharing app has been blocked in Pakistan and the third time this year. Free speech advocates are critical of growing censorship since PM Imran Khan took office in 2018.