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The Pivot to Video: How YouTube, TikTok Are Redefining Podcasts
In this year’s YouTube Music Recap, my number one podcast was Waveform—it didn’t appear on my top five from Spotify’s…
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Google’s Year in Search 2024: What Captivated Kenyans?
Each year, Google releases what Kenyans searched on their platform. The trends ranged from news, personalities, sports, entertainment, culinary interests,…
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Spotify Wrapped 2024: Release Date and What to Expect
Spotify Wrapped 2024 is right around the corner and is now becoming the most anticipated trend this month. Spotify Wrapped…
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Telegram Finances Show Strong Growth, Despite Legal Battles
Telegram’s messaging platform is reporting strong growth according to the company’s unaudited financials for the half year of this year.…
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Increase Your Instagram Account’s Privacy and Security With These Tips
Instagram has become a popular platform for sharing photos, videos, and creative work. Here are some steps to enhance your…
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How to Stop Tech Companies From Gathering Your Data for AI Training
AI has been the talk of the town these past two years, and now big tech companies are, with and…
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TikTok Settings to Enable to Safeguard Your Privacy
TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms for millennials, Gen Z’s, and Gen Alpha making it the…
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WhatsApp Features Rolling out This Month
Regarding free messaging platforms, Meta-owned WhatsApp ranks high with over 2 billion monthly users. WhatsApp is always looking to bring…
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How to Turn Off LinkedIn’s AI Training
In recent years, there has been a widespread surge in AI popularity as companies aim to create and uphold their…
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Reliance on social media for news exposes Africans to disinformation, survey finds
A recent survey across Africa by KnowBe4 reveals that 84% of respondents rely on social media as their primary news…
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Elon Musk Officially Relocates X HQ to Texas
Elon Musk has quietly moved X’s official headquarters to a small town on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. According to…
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Kenya’s Lillian Kariuki Appointed to TikTok’s Safety Advisory Council for Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya’s Lillian Kariuki is among the eight members appointed to TikTok’s Safety Advisory Council for Sub-Saharan Africa. The popular short…
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Meta rolls new monetization features for creators in Kenya
Meta on Tuesday announced the availability of two new monetization features for eligible creators in Kenya. In-Stream Ads on Facebook…
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TikTok affirms commitment to safety in Kenya’s parliament appearance
Short-form video hosting platform TikTok has reiterated its commitment to upholding safety on the platform for its users in Kenya.…
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Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to X and getting into payments
Elon Musk on Saturday night dropped a bombshell that we probably never saw coming. The billionaire entrepreneur in a series…
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Meta taking on Twitter with Threads, a new text-based app
Meta has launched a new app to rival micro-blogging site Twitter. Known as Threads, the app allows Instagram users to…
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Kenya leads the world in global TikTok usage, report
Kenya has been ranked among the leading countries in terms of TikTok usage according to the Reuters Institute Digital News…
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WhatsApp rolls out Channels feature for broadcast messages
Meta is rolling out a new feature on WhatsApp called Channels. Channels, Meta says is a “one-way broadcast tool for…
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President Ruto orders for a review of proposed tax on digital content creators
Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered for a review of the Finance Bill 2023 proposing a 15% tax on digital…
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Instagram hosts Drip in the City event for young creators in Nairobi
Instagram over the weekend hosted an event dubbed “Drip in the City” that brought together young people to Nairobi’s City…
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You can now use one Whatsapp account on up to four phones
The popular messaging platform WhatsApp has continuously refined its capabilities, making it more user-friendly and interoperable. In the latest update,…
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Kenyan Creators Shine in TikTok’s Inaugural Africa Creator Hub Programme
A select group of talented content creators from Kenya have just made history as the first graduates of TikTok’s Africa…
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Twitter creates more confusion as it seeks to monetize verification badges
There has been unending buzz about Twitter and its new policy requiring certain cadres of subscribers to pay for the…
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Meta’s lawsuit In Kenya changes course as more content moderators go to court
The friction between social media giant Meta and African-based content moderators has taken a new twist after 43 content moderators…
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European Commission bans staff from using TikTok on work devices
The European Commission has ordered its employees to remove the TikTok app from their personal and work devices, in what…
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Meta introduces paid subscription on Facebook and Instagram
Meta has announced the introduction of a new subscription service that allows users to get the coveted blue badge against…
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Twitter begins charging for SMS two-factor authentication
You will now have to pay to use SMS for two-factor authentication (2FA) on Twitter according to a new announcement…
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New social-media platform African Stream seeks to change how African Stories are told
African Stream, a newly created social-media platform with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya brands itself as a tool that seeks…
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Facebook’s content moderation partner Sama quits amid court battle
Sama, Facebook’s content moderation partner in Africa has announced that it’s exiting content review services to focus on data annotation,…
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Meta fined $414 Million for violating EU user privacy law
Meta has been slapped with €390 million — about $414 million – fine for breaching EU personal data laws on…
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Meta sued for its role in Ethiopia’s Tigray War
Meta the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has been sued in Kenya’s High Court for allegedly fueling the recently-ended…
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Kenyans to start paying 16% VAT on Facebook ads from November 1
Meta, Facebook’s parent company has announced that all Facebook ads in Kenya will be subject to value-added tax (VAT) VAT…
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Meta launches text-to-video service that uses AI to generate short video clips
You might soon be able to create video content by simply dictating into an app the kind of images you…
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Twitter is struggling to keep its most active users, internal study reveals
An internal Twitter research has revealed that the social media platform is struggling to keep its most active users engaged,…
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Donald Trump’s Truth Social app is now available on Google Play Store
Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social is now available for download on Play Store. Google removed the app from…
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YouTube is introducing user handles to make it easier for search and mentions
Nearly all social media platforms these days utilize user handles for easy identification and mention of user accounts. It started…
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TikTok Faces $29 Million fine For Failing to Protect Children in the UK
TikTok is facing a potential lawsuit in the United Kingdom for allegedly failing to protect children’s data. The Information Commissioner’s…
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TikTok has copied this popular feature from social media app BeReal
Its only two years since the French photosharing app BeReal was launched and it has been on a highly spirited…
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Instagram is down: What we know so far
Instagram is currently down for users around the world. Users are reporting their feeds not working as well as having…
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Meta Launches Creators of Tomorrow Initiative to Support Emerging Artists
Facebook’s parent company Meta has launched “Creators of Tomorrow”, an initiative aimed at supporting upcoming artists utilizing its platforms, specifically…
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Donald Trump’s Truth Social App banned from Google Play Store
After being banned from Twitter and Facebook last year, former president of the United States Donald Trump set out to…
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TikTok has banned paid political ads on the platform ahead U.S. midterm polls
Short-video sharing platform TikTok has been emphatic about avoiding political messaging on the platform. Earlier this week, the company issued…
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Cameo Live lets you have a 10-minute call with your favorite celebrity
What would you tell your favourite celebrity if you had a chance for a 10-minute conversation with them? Cameo is…
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This new Twitter feature allows businesses to display their location and contact info on their profile
Twitter has launched Location Spotlight, a feature that the company hopes will help give individuals and professionals with physical outlets…
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WhatsApp is testing an Undo Button help you recover deleted messages
WhatsApp commands a top spot among the world’s most popular messaging apps. Even with a number of competitors hotly contesting…
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Teenagers Are Spending More Time On YouTube Than any other platform, Survey
There was a time when Facebook was the cool app that every teenager wanted to be. In fact, a survey…
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WhatsApp new feature will allow you to leave groups silently
The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has made a good attempt to stay ahead of the competition by being…
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Twitter is down for thousands of users globally
Twitter was down for thousands of users on Tuesday. Outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 32,000 outage reports. The outage…
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UK Parliament shuts down its TikTok account
The UK parliament has brought down its TikTok account earlier this week, citing concerns of a possible data breach and…
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Kenya’s August 9 elections special hashflag now live on Twitter
Kenyans will be going to the polls on August 9, 2022. Ahead of the elections, the country has gotten its…
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The Government Has No Plans To Suspend Facebook, ICT CS Joe Mucheru says
ICT CS Joe Mucheru dismissed threats by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to shut down Facebook ahead of…
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Instagram and TikTok overtake Google as preferred search tools
New ideas often disrupt the marketplace, particularly when they resonate well with the younger generation. This is proving to be…
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Tiktok announces initiatives to curb platform misuse this election season in Kenya
Tiktok is taking a keen interest in the forthcoming general elections in Kenya and has put in place a number…
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Twitter has laid off 30% of its talent acquisition team
Twitter has hit the headlines, particularly over the now contested acquisition by billionaire investor Elon Musk. The deal has supposedly…
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Here Comes Miriam, The first AI-Driven Content Writing Tool Made in Kenya
Advancements in technology have opened so many channels that demand constant streams of content, updated daily, if not by the…
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Meta to slow down hiring by 30% in 2022
The raging economic downturn isn’t sparing anyone; not even giant-sized enterprises such as Meta, Facebook’s parent company. The company said…
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Snapchat has introduced Snapchat+ that will cost $3.99/month
Social media platform Snapchat has launched a subscription service that gives customers access to exclusive features to give them more…
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Instagram Has Introduced Video Selfies to Verify User’s Age
Popular social media platform Instagram, which Meta owns, has introduced new ways of verifying users’ age in a bid to…
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China Enacts Strict Laws That Internet Influencers Must Follow
The Chinese government has said that going forward, influencers must have the qualification to talk about certain topics such as…
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TikTok’s new feature will remind users to take a break from the app
Part of the unsettled debate about social media is the amount of time that people spend scrolling through endless loads…
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Ckrowd, KAM Africa partner to provide monetisation opportunities for content creators
Monetisation has been one of the biggest struggles for most content creators especially here in Africa. Social media influencers for…
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Twitter Fined $150m for Selling Users’ Data
Twitter has been in the headlines over the last few weeks. From the controversial acquisition by billionaire investor Elon Musk to…
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WhatsApp Business Subscription Plan to Introduce new Features
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp could introduce a paid service soon for users of WhatsApp Business. A new report by Wabetainfo,…
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Elon Musk to Buy Twitter for $44 billion
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of the leading electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla, has inked a deal to…
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Mark Zuckerberg to introduce Zuck Buck virtual currency
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is considering introducing virtual coins “Zuck Bucks,” to help reward users of its social media platforms.…
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Kenyans trust social networks more for news, Media Council report
A report by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) indicates that radio is still the favourite medium for many Kenyans.…
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Elon Musk has bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter
Billionaire investor Elon Musk has put a significant part of his money on the platform where his mouth often rants-Twitter.…
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Political advertisers on Facebook and Instagram in Kenya will now be required to prove their real identity
Anyone seeking to run political ads on Facebook and Instagram in Kenya will now be required to prove their identity…
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Instagram to stop supporting the IGTV app
If you’re an avid user of IGTV on Instagram then we have some news for you. Instagram has announced that…
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Meta officially rolls out Facebook Reels to users across Africa
Last week we reported that Meta had launched Reels on Facebook for users in Africa. This is after we spotted…
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Facebook Reels now available to users in Africa
Facebook Reels: Instagram officially launched Reels in August last year to take on TikTok. Instead of disappearing after 24 hours…
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Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after 7 months
Nigeria “indefinitely suspended” Twitter ‘s operations in the country on June 4 last year after the company deleted President Buhari’s…
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8 Instagram Reels Trends That Hit The Viral Note In August
Instead of disappearing after 24 hours like Instagram Stories, Instagram Reels allows you to make and share short, captivating videos.…
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Twitter bans posting images of people without their consent
Twitter has today banned sharing images or videos of private individuals without their consent. The platform made the announcement in…
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is stepping down from the company effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, the company’s Chief Technology…
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Kenyan digital advertising marketplace Wowzi delivered over 150k paid influencer jobs in 2021
Kenyan tech startup Wowzi has announced plans to create one million gig jobs for African youth in 2022 through its…
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New Twitter update prevents tweets from disappearing mid-read
You know that moment when you spot an interesting tweet and it ‘’disappears’’ when you’re reading it? It’s always s…
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Meta launches a WhatsApp chatbot for SMEs in Africa
Meta has announced the launch of a new WhatsApp chatbot to help SMEs across Africa learn how to grow their…
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Facebook rebrands to Meta to embrace its ‘metaverse’ vision
Facebook has a new name. At the company’s annual Connect conference held on October 28th, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced…
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Facebook is reportedly changing its name
Facebook is reportedly planning to rebrand next week according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The company…
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Mark Zuckerberg lost more than $7 billion after Facebook went down on Monday
In just a few hours after WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram crashed on Monday evening, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is said…
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WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Are All Down
Looks like all the popular social media apps WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger are all down. Users from different…
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Facebook, Big Cabal and Comic Republic launch campaign to tackle fake news in Nigeria
Social media giant Facebook has announced a new partnership with Big Cabal Media and Comic Republic to launch a new…
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WhatsApp disappearing photos feature is finally here
WhatsApp has finally rolled out the disappearing photos feature to the stable version of the app. The feature has been…
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Fleets, it’s been real: Twitter Officially Shuts Down Fleets
A few weeks ago, Twitter announced that it will be shutting down its Instagram Stories-Like Platform feature ‘Fleets’ on August…
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Twitter now allows one-step sign-ins with Google and Apple ID
Twitter is now making it possible for users to sign in or sign up to the platform using their Google…
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Kenyan MP threatens to quit Twitter if he’s not verified
A controversial Kenyan Member of Parliament has threatened to close his Twitter account if he does not receive the blue…
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Twitter is shutting down Fleets due to low usage
Twitter has announced that it will be shutting down Fleets on August 3rd. Twitter says it is killing this feature…
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Biden revokes Trump’s attempted U.S ban TikTok and WeChat
US President Joe Biden has dropped Trump’s executive orders that sought to ban WeChat and TikTok after labeling them as…
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Nigerians found using Twitter will be arrested and prosecuted
Nigeria “indefinitely suspended” Twitter ‘s operations in the country on Friday after the company deleted President Buhari’s tweet. “The Federal…
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Former US President Trump Launches His Highly-Anticipated ‘Social Media Platform’
Former US President Donald Trump has launched his highly-anticipated ‘social media platform.’ To many people’s surprise, however, this is not…
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Jack Dorsey Will Stay in Ghana for Six Months to Setup Twitter Africa HQ
Twitter CEO and Founder Jack Dorsey will settle in Ghana for six months to help set up the company’s Africa…
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Snapchat has more active users on Android than iOS
Snapchat has more of its users on Android compared to iOS. The company announced the important milestone today during the…
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Twitter Opens its First African Office in Ghana
Twitter is coming to Africa, the social media company announced Monday. The company seeks to build a team in Ghana,…
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Personal Data of Over 500 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online
Facebook’s history of handling users personal data is nothing short of disgusting. Following the massive data leak concerning the Cambridge…
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Facebook Grants Users More Control over What They See in News Feed
Social media giant Facebook wants to give users more control over what they see on the platform in its algorithmic-driven…
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Trump Is Coming Back on Social Media but with His Own Platform
Trump was banned by nearly every major social media platform on the planet, including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram, in…
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Facebook expanding transparency on Political Ads in Kenya and Ethiopia
Facebook is expanding two initiatives focused on increasing transparency and controls on social issues, electoral, and political ads to more…
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Twitter Working on an “Undo Send” Button
Twitter made the headlines in 2020 when its CEO Jack Dorsey said they’re considering rolling out premium features that users…
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Twitters Starts Labelling Covid-19 Vaccine Misleading Tweets
Twitter has announced that it will start labelling tweets that contain misleading information about the covid-19 vaccine. The latest update…
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TikTok to Pay $92 Million Over Alleged Privacy Violations
TikTok will pay $92 million in the U.S to settle a nationwide class-action suit alleging that the company violated several…
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