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News on social media will fuel polarisation

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Public reliance on social media -- the least regulated and most distrusted source of news -- is rising

Data intensity of global internet traffic will rise

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Demand for data-voluminous digital services has risen dramatically, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Global public is polarised but not ‘post-truth’

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Anxiety that people across the world now care less about truth and facts is overblown

Internet shutdowns fuel digital authoritarianism

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Internet shutdowns are returning to pre-pandemic levels across all major developing regions

Internet costs impede digital inclusion

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Internet costs have fallen across the 55 low and middle-income countries that are home to 6.4 billion people

Rumours and crackdowns may dent MENA virus resilience

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Fake news and scams are proliferating across the region as fast as COVID-19

Pandemic will accelerate the rise of digital payments

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Digitalisation of the global economy has increased the use of cashless payments worldwide

US pipeline hack to make ransomware risks a priority

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US Colonial Pipeline’s operations have yet to be restored after last week’s crippling ransomware attack

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

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Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

Governments step up social media capabilities

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The use of social media to influence public opinion is increasing in autocracies and democracies alike