With these reforms, Australia has put itself at the forefront of global efforts to regulate social media giants more closely
NBA Africa YouTube’s first live game broadcasts will take place Sunday with Boston at Charlotte followed by the Los Angeles Clippers at New York
A computer has, for the first time, been used to produce an album, but people are still needed for the creative side
The company has already forbid content inciting dangerous activities likely to result in serious harm
Sibu Mpanza started talking to his camera and his down-to-earth style brought success
Apple, Facebook, Spotify and YouTube have all banned Alex Jones on the grounds that he engages in hate speech
Social media sites aren’t the only online systems that can secretly influence people’s votes
Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
Lesego Tlhabi’s character Coconut Kelz hilariously articulates collective white anxieties in post-apartheid South Africa.
The world is hilariously strange yet beautifully familiar in Jonas Lekganyane’s animated series
YouTube was, for the first half of its history, a service for watching online videos on your computer. What’s in store for the next 10 years?
From memes to blogs and YouTube channels, we’ve rounded up our #MGFridayFavs – our favourite things from the web – this week.
A social media report found that there is significant gender balance in South Africans’ use of Facebook, which is also SA’s favourite social network.
The South Korean pop star’s video for "Gangnam Style" has smashed through the two billion views mark on YouTube, trouncing Justin Bieber’s "Baby".
As smartphone screens go ever-larger, some expect a backlash and a return to poky displays. But there is a powerful force behind the trend.
From a prank on a gold digger to Russell Brand on politics, we round-up the top five YouTube viral videos that South Africans loved this month.
Miley Cyrus has remained firmly in the US show business spotlight after her steamy new video set a viewing record on the Vevo.com website.
SA’s zef rap-rave crew have released their latest music video, a love story with an ending that is sure to shock.
Charges of assault and reckless driving laid by Pretoria cyclist Hein van der Merwe are being investigated, say police.
Psy has hailed his ascent to "Billion Style", after the South Korean rapper’s viral hit became the first video to break a billion views on YouTube.
Korean-born Psy’s popular "Gangnam style" video is set to break a record with one-billion views on Youtube.
A YouTube video of a golden eagle swooping down and lifting a toddler off the ground in Montreal could soar to internet stardom.
From the topsy-turvy, gaffe-strewn Republican battle to the debates between Romney and Obama, the US election has had many memorable moments.
Google’s changes to its privacy policies have been criticised by 30 European data-protection commissioners.
There are many ways in which Kickstarter is inspired and brilliant, and there’s at least one way in which it is not.
Iranian authorities have reopened access to Google’s email service a week after blocking it, after complaints from citizens and members of Parliament.
A whole lot — but what the internet giants do know hardly gives a true picture of who you are.
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An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit hoping to derail Google’s plan to merge user data from YouTube, Gmail and Google Plus in individual profiles.
Kim Jong-il impersonator fears his career might have run its course after the death of the North Korean leader.
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Afghan incident shows it is no longer surprising that violence and cruelty are self-documented, writes Jonathan Jones.
With the help of an entrepreneurial expat in London and YouTube’s partner programme, cheaply made movies from Nigeria have successfully gone global.
In 1969 John Rendall and Anthony Bourke bought a lion cub at Harrods, London, and raised him in their Chelsea flat.