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In an age where digital giants like Google and Facebook dominate the advertising landscape, South Africa is at a critical…

Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the…

For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight…

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) warns members of the public about conducting financial services related business with SpaceX Investment…

 As the election approaches, we’ll activate a South Africa-specific Elections Operations Centre to identify potential threats and put mitigations in…

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued a stern caution to the public regarding a fraudulent scam proliferating on…

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has brought about an insight on the e-commerce and this in turn has also created…

Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives, with billions of people using various platforms to connect,…

Meta has announced that it will automatically restrict the content visible to teen Instagram and Facebook accounts. Starting today, these…

The Ministry of Small Business Development has warned members of the public about a number of fake Facebook accounts, which…

In Europe, the Caribbean, India and elsewhere the “fair share” debate between data-hungry Over-The-Top (OTTs) operators and network providers is…

With the staggering rise of social media scams globally, business executives find themselves increasingly targeted by cybercriminals seeking to exploit…

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has challenged tech conglomerate Meta to deal with misinformation and called for fair treatment…

by Lisa Garbe, WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about…

by Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University Social media services have generally been free of charge for users, but now, with…

There is a widespread view that labour has become irrelevant as a force for change. The argument goes that the…

When Facebook reinvented itself into Meta in October 2021, it was widely reported that Meta would be focusing on virtual…

Meta announced the launch of “Creators of Tomorrow” on Tuesday. Creators of Tomorrow is a new campaign that celebrates emerging talents…

Social media platforms have had some bad press in recent times, largely prompted by the vast extent of their data…

Facebook is shutting down its live shopping feature on October 1 to focus on Reels, the company announced in a…

By Geoffrey Allsop The Equality Court has ordered a number of people to apologise to the Chinese community and to pay…

By now, most of us are aware social media companies collect vast amounts of our information. By doing this, they…

South Africa’s Competition Commission (the Commission) has referred social media giant, Meta Platforms Inc – previously known as Facebook Inc…

Meta is expanding the availability of Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 20 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.…

Every month, Facebook attracts 2.89 billion active users. Every minute there are hundreds of thousands of comments and status updates.…