Akhbar: read the news, then talk it through

• Ukrainian youth are being encouraged to take part in digital democracy, though many lack media literacy, digital security awareness and confidence that their voice can shape outcomes 1.
• Egypt convicted the editor-in-chief of the independent outlet Mada Masr, Lina Attalah, and ordered the site closed, weeks after the platform Mutaqsidsh was shut down 2.
• Macau sentenced former lawmaker Au Kam San, 69, to 12.5 years in prison in a closed-door trial, the first conviction under the city's national security law; observers have called the trial unfair and a sham 3.
• A young Rohingya man recounts surviving genocide and displacement, describing how his stateless status blocks access to formal education and work 4.
• Armed gang attacks in Haiti have turned the Kenscoff community from peaceful living to being held to ransom, with two deadly attacks this year 5.
• Israel's ongoing attacks on Gaza have made it the deadliest conflict ever for journalists 6.
• Commentary warns that AI and Big Tech business models in Nigeria may encourage collecting more personal data than people expect, contributing to quiet expansion of digital surveillance 7.
• Analysis argues that authoritarian digital surveillance is spread internationally through the exchange of technologies, standards and practices 8.

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