In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Germany to fine Facebook, other networks for not removing hate speech
Germany has passed a law that could see social media networks like Facebook and Twitter paying up to €50-million for failing to remove hate…
Facebook hits 2 billion users, Zuckerberg wants more
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that two billion people now use Facebook. The platform hit its first billion in October 2012, and took under five…
Social media kingpins join forces to counter terrorism
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft have announced the formation of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. The forum is intended to make each platform…
South Africa’s politicians react to Secret Ballot ruling with subtweets
The Secret Ballot (or #SecretBallot) ruling has come and gone but the reaction from politicians are only now filtering through social media. To clarify,…
