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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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This New Twitter Feature Allows Users to Charge Their Followers for Additional Content
Twitter has announced two new big features coming on the platform soon. They include a new way for users to…
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Facebook Bans Myanmar Military Group after Coup
Facebook has indefinitely banned a Myanmar military group that staged a coup on February 1st, overthrowing the rightfully elected government.…
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TikTok in trouble over potential Violation of Data Protection Laws
TikTok could be into some serious GDPR chargers for violating some policies that govern how tech companies collect and use…
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Twitter is Considering Paid Subscriptions, Again
Twitter Inc.’s business is strongly supported by advertising, but it has been mulling to expand revenue streams for a while.…
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Facebook Seeks to Join the Newsletter Trend
Newsletters are booming. In 2020 the Post published a story on the growing trend of journalists giving up their jobs…
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Twitter Working on Newsletter Integration after Revue Acquisition
Twitter acquired Revue, a paid newsletter platform, earlier this week at an unspecified amount to expand its Ad-dependent business. The…
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Twitter Acquires Newsletter Startup to Expand Business
Twitter Inc.’s acquisition spree continues with the purchase of Revue, a newsletter platform. Revue helps anyone start publishing on the…
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Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ will Review Trump’s Indefinite Suspension
Facebook’s oversight board, formed last year, will look at the social media company’s decision to suspend the account of former…
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Uganda Begins Restoring Internet Access after 5-day Nation-wide Shutdown
Internet connectivity in Uganda is currently being restored after a 5-day nation-wide blackout. Major Ugandan ISPs blocked internet access to…
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TikTok User Accounts of Under16 will be made Private
All TikTok users aged 16 and below will automatically have their accounts set to private, as the popular video-sharing platform…
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YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel
Last week’s storm at the US Capitol has given US President Donald Trump an uneasy time in his country, as…
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Ugandan Government Orders Internet Service Providers To Block Social Media Ahead of Elections
A day after Facebook confirmed the suspension of dozens of pages and accounts affiliated with the ruling party in Uganda,…
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Facebook Shuts Accounts of Top Ugandan Officials Ahead of Election
In the latest edition of the social media ban, Facebook has admitted shutting down accounts of top government officials in…
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Twitter Permanently Bans Trump
Twitter has banned current US President Donald Trump from its platform, citing the risk of further violence incitement. The permanent…
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Trump Banned from Facebook and Instagram ‘indefinitely’
After what happened in the US Capitol on Wednesday night, Donald Trump has had a rough 48 hours on the…
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Twitter and Facebook Suspend US President Donald Trump’s Account
Following last night’s events, Twitter has taken bold moves suspending US President Donald Trump ‘s account over “repeated and severe…
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Twitter Adds Support for Hardware Key-based Two-factor Authentication on Android and iOS
Twitter has added a new form of multi-factor authentication allowing security folks to use hardware-backed 2FA on Android and iOS,…
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Facebook Buys Customer Service Startup, Kustomer, for $1 Billion
Facebook has reached an agreement to acquire Kustomer, a customer relationship management platform that enables businesses to manage their customer…
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Facebook Fined $6 million for Sharing User Information without Consent in South Korea
The South Korean watchdog launched in August this year has slapped America’s social media mammoth Facebook with a 6.7 billion…
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Facebook Partners with Creative Garage to Support Kenyan Creatives
Facebook is joining forces with Creative Garage, a social enterprise working with creatives, to launch a new campaign. Through the…
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TikTok Announces New Licensing agreement with Sony Music Entertainment
TikTok, the short-form video app, has signed a new licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment so its users can continue…
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Facebook’s Dating Service Expands to 33 More Countries
Facebook Dating is now available in Europe. The social media giant’s dating service has been to date only available in…
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LinkedIn Stories feature is now live for users worldwide
LinkedIn thinks we need a stories feature. The professional social network just rolled out LinkedIn Stories to users worldwide, giving…
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Twitter Goes Under for Many Over Internal System Issue
Early this morning, Twitter announced that its service was down to many users owing to “some trouble” with internal systems.…
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US judge halts TikTok’s app store and Google Play Store ban
TikTok’s US operations have been under jeopardy since the wake of national security concerns from the local government. New downloads…
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Facebook To Open New Offices in Lagos, Nigeria
Facebook is setting up shop in Lagos, Nigeria. The new office is the company’s second in the African continent but…
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TikTok and WeChat Manage to Circumvent the U.S Ban — for now
After Trump’s executive orders issued in August, TikTok and WeChat, were to cease U.S. operations on Sunday. However, the two have…
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TikTok Owner Rejects Microsoft’s Acquisition Bid, Selects Oracle as ‘trusted tech partner’
Microsoft ‘s TikTok acquisition bid has finally come to an end. The American tech company says ByteDance, TikTok’s owner rejected…
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Uganda Mandates Bloggers and Broadcasters to Seek Online Publishing License
Uganda is tightening rules on online publishing ahead of the country’s upcoming 2021 elections. Under the new rules, internet publishers…
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TikTok sued for patent infringement by rival Triller
TikTok, the social network and video sharing platform is being sued for patent infringement. Rival Triller (less well-known than TikTok…
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Oracle Joins Microsoft in the TikTok Acquisition Race
TikTok is up for grabs. ByteDance Ltd., TikTok’s parent company, wants to offload the platform’s U.S. operations as a way…
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Facebook Avatars Officially Launched in Kenya
Social media giant, Facebook, has launched Avatars in Kenya and the wider Sub-saharan Africa region. Avatars, according to Facebook, is…
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Trump Bans TikTok and WeChat in Newly Signed Executive Order
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dated August 6th, banning TikTok and WeChat. The order blocks US…
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Twitter Surveys Users on Features to Place Behind a Subscription
Last week, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey confirmed that they are considering ways to supplement their ads business. One of them was…
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Admits Copying Features from Rival Apps
Big tech is facing intense scrutiny from US regulators. America big four tech companies – including Facebook Inc., Amazon Inc.,…
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Twitter Considers Subscription Options after Drop in Revenue
Twitter has reported a drop in revenue in the recently concluded quarter. As such, the company is seeking more ways…
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Installs of TikTok Alternatives Grew 155% Following Its Ban in India
Following TikTok’s ban in India together with 58 other Chinese apps over national security concerns, installs of TikTok alternatives have…
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Twitter says Hackers Accessed DMs of Dozens of High-profile Accounts
A week ago a massive Twitter hack happened that sent the internet into shock. In a coordinated attack that saw…
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Twitter Bans 7000 Accounts Linked to a Conspiracy Group
Twitter has announced a wide fetching crackdown on the platform, aims at limiting the reach of accounts linked to QAnon,…
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High-profile Twitter Accounts Hacked in Crypto Scam
Twitter Hacked: A number of high-profile Twitter accounts have recently been hacked simultaneously in a cryptocurrency scam. Some of the…
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Two Kenyans Selected to join the Facebook Community Accelerator Program
Facebook has today announced the 12 African community leaders who have been selected to join its Community Accelerator. Facebook’s Community…
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Facebook Continued to Share User Data With Developers Longer Than Promised
Facebook has come clean, saying they shared user data with third-party developers longer than they had promised. The US Social…
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Some Twitter Business Users’ Private Data Might Have Been Exposed, Company Warns
Twitter has emailed some of its business users telling them that their data may have been compromised. These include business…
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The Facebook Ad Boycott Campaign is Gaining Steam
Advertisers around the world are joining the Facebook ad boycott organized by several civil rights and other advocacy groups. In…
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Russia Lifts Ban on Private Messaging App Telegram
Finally, Russia is lifting its ban on Telegram, the popular private messaging app developed by Russian-born developer, Parel Durov. The…
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Instagram Digs into its Algorithm and Policies for Bias Against Black Users
In the wake of racial inequality protests going on in the US and other parts of the world, tech companies…
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Scientists Funded By Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Urge Facebook To Do More On Misinformation
Over 400 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative have in an open letter sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
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Facebook starts labelling posts by ‘state-controlled media’
Tech giant Facebook has begun labeling posts by state-controlled media on its platform to notify users. These labels will be…
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Snapchat Stops Promoting Donald Trump’s Snap Account Over His Violence Tweets
Snapchat will not promote Donald Trump ’s verified Snapchat account, the company says. This decision follows Trump’s tweets over the…
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Facebook Wants To Verify the Identity of People Behind High-Reach Profiles
Facebook plans to start verifying the identity of individual accounts that regularly go viral on the platform. In a blog…
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Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Tech Companies
US President Donald Trump has yesterday signed an executive order aimed at cracking down on tech companies like Google, Facebook…
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This WhatsApp ChatBot Helps You Debunk Those Covid-19 Myths
Misinformation has emerged as the biggest problem of the current internet era. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, misinformation has become one…
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Twitter Registers Record Year Over Year Usage Growth Thanks To Stay At Home Orders
Twitter, just like most social media platforms, has seen a surge in usage numbers. In its Q1,2020 report, the company…
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Here Is Why Twitter Will Now Share More Of Your Data With Advertisers
In a recent notification sent to a section of its users who logged in on the platform on Wednesday, Twitter…
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Google and Facebook: Coronavirus Outbreak To Result In Less Content Moderation
The ongoing pandemic has had its adverse effects on the human population as well as the economy. More people have…
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Facebook Revenues Adversely Affected By Coronavirus Pandemic Despite Usage Growth
With various countries under total lockdown, internet usage has recorded a sudden increase which is nearly overwhelming the infrastructure. Social…
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Twitter Starts Verifying Health Professionals To Help Fight Misinformation Over Coronavirus Outbreak
Amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, social media platforms have been turned out as the perfect breeding grounds of misinformation. Various…
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Twitter Bans Content That Dehumanizes People Based on Age, Disability Or Disease
Twitter has updated its hateful conduct policy to combat the dehumanization of people on the platform based on their age,…
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Facebook Sues Namecheap For Allowing Registration Of Domains That Could Be Mistaken For Its Products
Facebook has sued Domain registrar, Namecheap, together with WhoisGuard, the company’s proxy service. The lawsuit claims that the domain registrar…
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Facebook To Ban Misleading Ads On Corona Virus
Facebook will ban all ads that mislead people about the on-going novel coronavirus outbreak. The company says they will ban…
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This Twitter Plugin Help Keep Your DM Safe From Unsolicited Nudes
Social media has brought with it the good and the bad. Sharing nudes without consent is part of an increasingly…
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Facebook Promises To Improve User Data Security After Several Breaches
Facebook has promised that they will improve their security protocol to ensure user data is safe, after several breaches. The…
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Twitter Nets $1 Billion In Quarterly Revenue For The First Time
Twitter just released its Q4 earnings report today. From the report, the California based social media company was happy to…
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Twitter Opens Warfare On Manipulated Media On The Platform With New Rules
Deep fake technology is still a new thing. Yet, its use in the real world has already raised alarms to…
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Google Will Now Charge Law Enforcement Agencies For User Data Requests
User data requests by government agencies have increased immensely in the past. Google now believes it is time that the…
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TikTok was the Second Most Downloaded App in 2019, Surpassing Facebook and Messenger
TikTok has been, with no doubt, one of the most popular apps in 2019. This has been advantageous to the…
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India Plans To Tackle Fake News By Holding Social Media Companies Responsible For Content Posted On Their Platforms
India has been a haven for tech companies to thrive. Not only considering the large numbers available, but also the…
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U.S. Navy Bans TikTok On Mobile Devices, Terms It A Cybersecurity Threat
As popular as it is, TikTok has also had a fair share of ugly bumps like other social media giants.…
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Facebook Wants To Build Its Own Operating System To Cut Reliance On Android
Being the social media giant of this era, Facebook also wants to reduce dependence on other companies and competitors as…
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Facebook Can Still Track You Even with Location Settings Off
Facebook can still track you even with your location settings off, the company admitted in a letter to US senators.…
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Facebook Might be Blocked From Integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, And Messenger
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company plans to unify all of its three platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram, and…
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Twitter Plans to Delete Inactive Accounts From December
Twitter has announced plans to delete inactive accounts from December 11th. The company says any account that has been inactive…
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Quoted Replies Bot Creator Offered A Job At Twitter
Twitter’s CEO and Founder Jack Dorsey paid a visit to Nigeria on Thursday 7th. As a CEO and founder of…
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Facebook rebrands its parent company with a new logo
Facebook is just Facebook, but that is not true. The parent company, Facebook Inc., owns three different social media platforms,…
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Facebook says it will let UK election candidates run false Ads
In what comes as no surprise, Facebook has said it will allow UK political candidates to run fake ads on…
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Forget the Critics; Facebook Keeps Growing
Despite all the criticism thrown at Facebook, the company keeps going bigger, making ends meet in terms of revenue. The…
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WhatsApp is Suing Infamous Spyware Vendor NSO Group For Allegedly Hacking its Users
WhatsApp has decided to take action against the notorious Israel-based NSO Group, a company well known in the world for…
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Twitter is Working on Policy Changes To Combat Deep Fakes
As good as Artificial Intelligence sounds, and actually is, it also comes with its cons. One of the biggest threats…
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Facebook Expands its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme To 10 Countries Across Sub-Saharan Africa
After launching its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, and Senegal, Facebook is expanding the program in…
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Twitter Admits it Used Phone Numbers Provided For Security To Target Ads
Twitter has come clean stating they have inappropriately used phone numbers that users provided for security purposes (like two-factor authentication)…
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PayPal Pulls out of Facebook’s Libra Association
In addition to troubles Facebook has been going through over sceptical regulators around the world, PayPal Holdings Inc. has pulled…
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New Proposed Bill Will Require WhatsApp and Facebook Group Admins To Be Registered with CA
A new Bill headed to Parliament this week could require all Facebook and WhatsApp group administrators to be registered with…
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Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps over the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
As an update to the on-going crackdown on apps with access to user info, Facebook has suspended tens of thousands…
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How to Make the Most of Social Media When Looking for a New Job
Today, social media is about much more than simply being social. From its humble beginnings as an innovative way to…
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Facebook Confirms Millions of users’ Phone Numbers have been Exposed Online
Facebook has confirmed the news reports that millions of phone numbers linked with Facebook user accounts have been exposed. The…
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Facebook Dating Service Officially Launched
After tipping its entry into the dating industry last year, Facebook has officially launched its dating platform dubbed Facebook Dating.…
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