Snapchat Map Update Raises Child Safety Worries
An update to Snapchat that shows publicly posted images on a searchable map has raised safety concerns among parents. Snap ...
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China Orders Halt To Video Streaming On Major Websites
China's media oversight body announced Thursday that it has ordered three prominent Internet companies to terminate their video and audio ...
Facebook Offers Indian Women Tools To Protect Privacy
Facebook has introduced new security features for women using the social media platform in India, including the ability to prevent ...
WhatsApp Rises As A Major Force In News Media
WhatsApp is becoming one of the prevailing ways people discover and discuss news, according to a study. But use of ...
Instagram Stories Now Has 250 Million Daily Users
Instagram’s Snapchat Stories clone, aptly named Instagram Stories, is now being used by 250 million users every day. Instagram revealed ...
Sex Offenders Cannot Be Barred From Social Media
The US Supreme Court on Monday unanimously struck down a North Carolina law that barred registered sex offenders from using ...
Man Jailed For Sharing Photo of Dead Grenfell Tower Fire Victim On Facebook
A man who posted pictures on Facebook of the body of someone believed to have leapt to his death from the Grenfell Tower ...
US Singer Katy Perry Is First To 100m Twitter Followers
The US singer-songwriter Katy Perry has become the first person to reach 100m followers on Twitter. The website posted a ...
Facebook Gives Bots Ability To Negotiate, Compromise
Facebook's artificial intelligence researchers announced Wednesday they had broken new ground by giving automated programs or 'bots' the ability to ...
Thai Police Bust 400,000 SIM Card Chinese ‘click Farm’
Three Chinese men were detained in Thailand on Tuesday after police discovered they were running a 'click farm' from a ...
Internet, Social Media Back In Ethiopia After Block
Ethiopia re-activated cellphone data services and unexpectedly allowed access to social media sites that had been blocked since a wave ...
Facebook Pulls Down A Plus’ Account For Insulting Mahama?
Facebook has taken down the account of New Patriotic Party's Kwame A Plus. The businessman today made several derogatory posts ...
Police Cyber Unit To Arrest Persons Circulating Capt. Mahama’s Murder Videos
The Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service has started monitoring social media netwoking sites as well as news ...
Government Shuts Down Internet Links Circulating Videos; Issues Warning
The government has begun removing graphic pictures and videos capturing the gruesome murder of Captain Adam Mahama from all social ...
Learn From Manchester Bombings; Stop Sharing Captain Mahama Pictures
The family of the late Captain Maxwell Mahama who was lynched at Denkyira-Obuasi has called on Ghanaians to stop sharing ...
Facebook, Google Crack Down On Hate Speech
Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top ...
Mark Zuckerberg Returns To Harvard To Collect Honorary Degree
Mark Zuckerberg teared up during his commencement speech to Harvard graduates, telling them it is up to their generation to care about ...
How To Turn Facebook Friends To Real Friends You Can Benefit From
When I joined Facebook in October 2008, the idea was to connect with old friends and get to know what ...
13 Years After Quitting, Zuckerberg Gets (honorary) Harvard Degree
Thirteen years after dropping out of Harvard University to work on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday finally got his degree ...
Instagram’s New Feature Helps You Clean Up Your Profile Without Deleting
Any dedicated Instagrammer knows that a carefully curated profile is extremely important. Sometimes, that means you may have to delete ...