Technology Facebook failing to contain hate speech in India – reports New York – Facebook was well aware that hate speech was spreading on its site in India which could exacerbate... Read more 25 Oct, 2021
Technology Trump announces plans to launch new social network ‘TRUTH Social’ Washington – Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to launch his own social network, in the... Read more 21 Oct, 2021
Technology Facebook announces 10 000 EU jobs to build ‘metaverse’ Paris – Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10 000 people in the European Union to build the “metaverse”,... Read more 18 Oct, 2021
Politics Pro-democracy protests mount as Eswatini blocks Internet Mbabane – Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, shut down the Internet for two hours on Friday as pro-democracy marchers... Read more 15 Oct, 2021
Technology Embattled Facebook releases new curbs on harassment San Francisco – Facebook unveiled fresh protections on Wednesday against online attacks on journalists, activists and celebrities as the... Read more 14 Oct, 2021
Countries Rwandan YouTuber jailed for 15 years after anti-Kagame posts Kigali – A Rwandan court on Thursday sentenced a prominent YouTube commentator and genocide survivor to 15 years in prison... Read more 1 Oct, 2021
Business Egypt to tax social media stars Cairo – Egypt said it will tax social media content creators in a revenue raising exercise as more citizens... Read more 27 Sep, 2021
Technology Outcry as Ugandan internet users hit with new tax Ugandan internet users have been hit by a new tax on mobile data in a move the country’s opposition... Read more 2 Jul, 2021
Technology New internet tax for Ugandans as ‘social media tax’ fails New internet tax for Ugandans is set to be introduced on Thursday after the infamous “social media tax” –... Read more 1 Jul, 2021