{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Afrikmag","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.afrikmag.com\/english","author_name":"Afrikmag","author_url":"https:\/\/www.afrikmag.com\/english\/author\/uba\/","title":"\"Social Media has Set Humanity Back\" - Wole Soyinka","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gnzw1QKyT6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrikmag.com\/english\/social-media-has-set-humanity-back-wole-soyinka\/\">&#8220;Social Media has Set Humanity Back&#8221; &#8211; Wole Soyinka<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrikmag.com\/english\/social-media-has-set-humanity-back-wole-soyinka\/embed\/#?secret=gnzw1QKyT6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Social Media has Set Humanity Back&#8221; &#8211; Wole Soyinka&#8221; &#8212; Afrikmag\" data-secret=\"gnzw1QKyT6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.afrikmag.com\/english\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.afrikmag.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wole-Soyinka-1024x576-1.jpeg","thumbnail_width":700,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"The Nation reports that Wole Soyinka made these statements at an event in Lagos on Friday, June 16th. He asserted that the misuse of social media is rapidly regressing humanity due to the employment of abusive language. Soyinka spoke in Lagos at the unveiling of his latest volume of interventions titled: &#8220;The Putin Files,&#8221; at &hellip;"}