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…
WeChat cannot succeed in Africa if it holds tight to its Chinese legacy
WeChat is blazing around the globe caring very little of what is in its path. In the last year, the platform’s global launch has…
Facebook censorship extends to artistic breast awareness site Bare Reality
How Facebook concludes that a page, picture, post, link warrants a ban is beyond comprehension. It appears that it involves zero cognitive input and…
Facebook’s new ad platform targets users across sites, tracks offline sales
Last week, we reported that Facebook was rumoured to be launching a new ad platform to better track users across third-party sites. The new…
Say hello to Ello, the anti-Facebook social network
It’s hard getting the word out for a new invite-only, little social network. Once people catch a whiff though, there’s no stopping it. People…