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Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year
The popular televangelist, who recently died, preached a prosperity gospel that promised followers health and wealth if they had faith – and gave money to the church
The Covid-19 pandemic created wealth for some, including internet entrepreneurs, and poverty for many
Users of social media and journalists need to take care when posting or reporting about children and tragic events
Private data from more than 530-million Facebook accounts was placed onto an unsecured public database. This tool allows users to use their phone number to see if they were among the victims.
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Just as a “nobody” can spew falsehoods and propaganda on social media, so too can a political leader — only with more dire consequences.
The collaborative online encyclopedia, which has become a reliable source amid a flood of misinformation, turns 20 today
The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions
Countries such as Australia, Germany and the UK are pushing back against the tax practices of global giants such as Google and Facebook
The Phepha uFunde case study shows how Twitter and Facebook can mobilise change
The law has extended the disciplinary arm of employers — posts made on personal social media accounts may constitute a sufficient enough reason for dismissal
Fact-checking is appropriate but the platforms’ scattershot approach has resulted in genuine information and messages about Nigerians’ protest against police brutality being silenced
On Monday, 5 October — World Teachers Day — we recalled the teachers who helped us become the people we are today
“The province’s member of the executive council for transport Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe is suing a United Front activist for Facebook posts he made that she says paint her as corrupt.”
Australians would be stopped from posting local and international articles on Facebook and Instagram, the company said, claiming the move was “not our first choice” but the “only way to protect against an outcome that defies logic”.
A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns
‘Sweeties’ (cigarettes) for R150, and marching on Parliament — an insight into the social-media groups popping up to push back against lockdown regulations
New undersea cables will massively increase bandwidth to the continent
Publications have cut salaries and frozen posts in a bid to survive the disease, but most owners failed to take appropriate steps when problems emerged in the late 1990s
Australia’s new regulations will also cover the sharing of data, and the ranking and display of news content, to be enforced by binding dispute resolution mechanisms and penalties
The Serbian tennis ace, who is in lockdown in Spain, spoke out against being forced to receive a vaccination in order to travel to tournaments
Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decided to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue
The employee health and wellness specialist is using social media to combat misinformation about Covid-19
With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually represented but there, nonetheless.
This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most
Online battle over the ‘white genocide’ narrative on social media has dangerous real-world consequences
We are in deep shit, but there’s some good news – and, of course, another missed opportunity to do the right thing
Sexuality education is a UN plot to take over SA, claims pro-parent social media group
Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’
COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing on which virtually everyone in Botswana agrees: most of the news and information we are fed is biased. There are constant complaints about bias, from readers and politicians alike. These complaints are not groundless. As director of […]