By Isaac Chol Aguer<\/p>\n
Last week on 18th<\/sup> June the world marks the International Day for Countering Hate Speech<\/em>, the United Nations warns that biased algorithms and digital platforms are breeding grounds for toxic content and abuse.<\/p>\n But before we point fingers, it\u2019s worth glancing at our own feeds. The Facebook lives, midnight TikTok clashes, and WhatsApp groups where emojis have become digital spears. Here lies the real war.<\/p>\n This wasn\u2019t the future imagined by those who marched barefoot for freedom. A nation born in collective struggle now bleeds in comment sections. It starts as curiosity, becomes outrage, and soon work is abandoned, church pews empty, and dignity lost \u2014 not for rebellion or survival, but for the thrill of online confrontations.<\/p>\n Even abroad, where many sought refuge and better lives, noble advocacy has turned into livestreamed insult matches. It\u2019s not politics. It\u2019s not debate. It\u2019s digital mob justice \u2014 where no elder\u2019s name is safe, no tribe spared, and no slur too obscene.<\/p>\n A country can survive bullets. It cannot survive digital civil wars.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t technology\u2019s fault alone. Algorithms reward conflict because we click on conflict. A post about peace fetches five likes. A reckless lie about a minister\u2019s affair reaches thousands.<\/p>\n If the first liberation was fought with guns, the next must be fought in comment sections. Not with bullets, but with wisdom. Citizens must ask before posting: Is this building or burning my country?<\/em><\/p>\n South Sudan\u2019s wounds are deep \u2014 but not beyond healing. It\u2019s time to unfriend hate, unfollow chaos, and choose dignity over division.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Isaac Chol Aguer \u201cThe internet gives voice to the voiceless \u2014 and unfortunately, also to the brainless.\u201d Last week on 18th June the world marks the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, the United Nations warns that biased algorithms and digital platforms are breeding grounds for toxic content and[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oped","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Isaac-Aguer-1-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37000,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998\/revisions\/37000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cThe internet gives voice to the voiceless \u2014 and unfortunately, also to the brainless.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n