Journal on World Affairs, UCLA
While the ban was reversed the following week due to modifications in the proposed media legislation, Facebookâs ban highlights the powerful role that Big Tech plays in regulating online content and choosing what information gets to be viewed by its users.
French protests during COVID-19 have been one of the only constants the country could expect in this unprecedented year.
Countries have yet to escape the grasps of their former colonizers as new foreign powers flock to the continent to install their own systems of extortion, in particular France and China.
In South Korea, tattoos are commonly viewed as satanic corruptions of the temple of oneâs bodies. One way that South Koreaâs legal system discourages tattoos through overwhelming obstacles is by requiring tattoo artists to possess medical doctorâs licenses.
Across generations and within every major civil rights movement, Lebanese women have stood at the forefront of protests. They lead revolution, hope for change, and new beginnings. And yet, Lebanon gives nothing in return to its most loyal soldiers.
More surprisingly, many Muslim-majority countries, including 14 countries on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, have not ignored but rather come out in support of Chinaâs actions.
Perhaps nothing represents the political, ethnic, and economic duality of the West Bank better than Israelâs dissemination of the COVID vaccine, which has strictly prioritized the vaccination of its settlers over the many Palestinians living in the West Bank.
The apparent rise of gender-based homicide has impelled Latin American countries to legally distinguish the crime as âfemicide.â
The tendency of Eastern cultures to focus on relationships highlights the importance of community, hierarchy, and interpersonal relations, while the emphasis on logic and fixed rules in ancient Greece is fundamental to the individualist Western worldview.
As the chaos unfolded, several foreign embassies in Washington issued stay-at-home notices for their citizens, and European leaders deployed strong language to express their condemnation.
Journal on World Affairs, UCLA