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Twitter ‘read before retweet’ prompt shows promising results

Twitter will continue rolling out a new feature that asks users to read articles before retweeting, following successful tests earlier this year. In a…

Twitter investigating cropping algorithm after users flag racial bias

Twitter is investigating the autocropping feature in its algorithm after users flagged a pattern of favouring images of white faces. The issue was spotted…

Twitter adding more context to trends list

Ever see the Twitter trends list and have no idea what the trending words and hashtags mean? You’re not alone. As a result of…

Adam Catzavelos gets a R150k fine, South African Twitter calls it a ‘joke’

Adam Catzavelos will pay a R150 000 fine for his racist remarks in a viral video posted from a Greek beach in August 2018….

Twitter’s testing a direct messages filter for ‘unwanted’ offensive content

Twitter is testing out a new feature for Direct Messages that will filter message requests with offensive content so that users don’t have to…

Twitter’s making it a lot easier to follow controversial tweets and their comments

Twitter wants to help you keep up with its infamous comments section through a new feature that allows you to turn on notifications for…

Twitter roasts South African woman upset about Hong Kong protests

Over in Hong Kong, ten weeks of ongoing protests between the Chinese government and pro-democracy activists have upset one South African woman. On Monday,…

Twitter could be getting a ‘snooze’ button to pause your notifications

Twitter may soon allow users to “snooze” the app’s notifications thanks to a yet-unreleased feature. Spotted by feature-seeker Jane Manchun Wong, the “snooze” button…

Videos of Joburg CBD riots go viral after police and protestors clash

The Joburg CBD was a bit of a mess today after police and street vendors clashed on Thursday. According to eNCA, vendors accused the…

Marriage advice is currently trending in South Africa

Unable to solve the unemployment crisis or the cash-leaking SoE that is Eskom, South Africans are instead fixing a different institution on Twitter: marriage….

South Africa just can’t understand how Eskom lost R20.7bn in a year

You might want to sit down for this one. Eskom on Tuesday added to South Africa’s economic woes and horrid news week, announcing (pdf)…

South Africa’s unemployment rate increases to 29% in Q2 2019

Statistics South Africa on Tuesday gave South Africans yet another reason to feel depressed. The stats body in its quarterly labour report announced that…

Twitter’s ‘CEO Remix’ of ‘Old Town Road’ celebrates Lil Nas X’s Billboard record

On Monday Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” officially spent 17 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100 music chart, breaking a…

‘Jesus’ trends on Twitter after pastors take him to church in Kenya

The lord’s name trended in vain on Twitter on Monday morning after “Jesus” appeared in Kenya over the weekend. According to mutliple accounts from several…

Elon Musk says Netflix and YouTube are coming to Teslas

“Netflix and drive” might become a thing now that Elon Musk revealed upcoming support for the streaming service and YouTube on his Tesla vehicles….

Bring back old Twitter with this Firefox and Chrome addon

I’m probably the only person that actually likes Twitter’s interface change on desktop. But if you’re not weird, and one of the normal folk…

Is Donald Glover better than Jamie Foxx? Twitter says just ‘stop it’

Twitter is no stranger to some of the internet’s most charged debates that often leave the rest of us squinting and scratching our heads….

Pictures: Cold front brings snow to South Africa, and social media

Snow fell on Western Cape mountains after two cold fronts passed through the province on Monday and Tuesday, and South Africans didn’t miss the…

Twitter’s coping with the Boris Johnson news by posting Donald Trump memes

Former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson will be the next UK prime minister, beating rival Jeremy Hunt by a clear margin in the race…

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