Casablanca Morocco tops the African ranking of ICT Development Index (IDI) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), with a score of 85.1, according to the organization’s 2023 report.
This score exceeds the global average of 72.8 out of 100, as well as the African average of 47.4, according to this report entitled “Measuring digital development: the 2023 ICT Development Index”. By indicator, Morocco far exceeds the global average (which is 70.5%) with regard to the percentage of “Individuals using the Internet” with a rate of 92.8%. In terms of ‘Households with internet access at home’ and ‘3G/4G coverage’, whose respective global averages are 70.8% and 92.5%, the Kingdom remains well positioned with respective rates of 90.7% and 99.2%.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse
NNA – The Samir Kassir Foundation “SKeyes” said in a statement on Friday, “Lebanon is facing an ongoing political and economic crisis. The country tried to overcome, with the least possible ‘damage’, the COVID-19 pandemic and the second largest explosion in modern history. The Samir Kassir Foundation plays a vital role in finding solutions to these crises or, at least, trying to understand what is happening in Lebanon.
Several reports were published in 2023, thanks to the efforts of our researchers at the Samir Kassir Foundation. The reports tackle the challenges of distorted information and their impact on the behaviour of citizens in sharing the news. It was equally vital to cover the international aid to Lebanon’s security and justice sectors, as well as the importance of the information environment and the necessity of exploring appropriate responses.
The reports were not limited to media, security, and widespread narratives on social media. They focused largely on human rights and freedom of expressio
n. They included a wide variety of topics such as hate speech and misinformation. The SKF monitored hate speech in media outlets and social media platforms over a two-year period.
It was also an opportunity to learn more about the informal channels of Lebanese media funding, with a focus on insurance coverage for journalists, as well as social and economic rights of photojournalists in Lebanon.
The links below could be used to access the full reports:
1. Lebanese Citizens, Disinformation, and News Sharing Behavior
2. International Aid to Lebanon’s Security and Justice Sectors
3. Lebanon’s Information Environment: Exploring Appropriate Responses
4. Photojournalists’ Social and Economic Rights in Lebanon
5. Human Rights and Freedom of Expression in Lebanon: Identifying Allies and Opponents
6. Mis- and Disinformation: Media Perception and Consumption of Fake News in Lebanon
7. Two-Year Monitoring of Hate Speech in the Lebanese Media and Social Media
8. Follow the Money: The Informal Channels of Lebanes
e Media Funding
9. Hate Speech in Lebanon: The Shortcomings and Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms
10. Journalists’ Insurance Coverage in Lebanon
11. Navigating Freedom: Making Sense of Lebanon’s Digital Discourse on Free Expression”
Source: National News Agency-Lebanon