Stakeholders commit to fight fake news & hate speech

Ask gov’t to preserve internet rights By Doh James Sonkey A two-days symposium on digital rights and elections in Cameroon has ended in Yaounde with stakeholders committing themselves to fight against the growing phenomenon of fake news and hate speech and at the same time, calling on the government to preserve internet rights for all by not shutting down the internet or social media in particular “because this is not the solution to any problem as it lies elsewhere.” Organized by the Cameroon Office of Internet Without Borders under the theme “fighting dangerous speech online while preserving digital rights in…