In the midst of the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, Google announced that it disabled 210 YouTube channels associated with “coordinated influence operations” in…
Twitter explodes as same-sex marriage legalised in Australia
Following a postal survey earlier this year that showed that 61.6% of voters approved of same-sex marriage, the Australian parliament has passed a bill legalising the…
#MugabeResigns sends Twitter into celebratory meltdown
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years, resigned Tuesday evening after a week-long pressure from the military — and the…
#ZimbabweCoup: follow the developing ‘bloodless transition’ on Twitter
#Zimbabwe, #ZimbabweCoup and “Mugabe” were all trending topics on Twitter across the world this morning. And there’s no real surprise as to why. The…
‘Writing the Daisies’: UCT’s exam tent has become an impromptu meme
In the midst of student protests, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has confirmed that exams will go ahead as scheduled. But perhaps not…
