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US Supreme Court Debates Ban On Accessing Social Media

The US Supreme Court on Monday took up a case involving a North Carolina law that bars registered sex offenders from...

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I Am Being Impersonated On Facebook

Minister for Business Development, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has advised the general public to ignore unscrupulous...

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New Whatsapp Feature Attracts Mixed Reactions On Social Media

A new whatsapp feature has sparked a lot of debate on social media, with majority of users expressing unhappiness with...

International

Google To Help Publishers Find Malicious Comments On Articles

Alphabet Inc's Google and subsidiary Jigsaw launched on Thursday a new technology to help news organizations and online...

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Facebook Confusion Over Fake Cancer Babies U-Turns

Facebook has apologised for repeatedly restoring an account that posted stolen photos of children falsely claiming they...

Business

International Voice Calls Decline, As Domestic Traffic, SMS Rises

Statistics from the National Communications Authority (NCA) on mobile cellular activity between Ghana and the rest of...

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Facebook Deletes Fake Child-Cancer Posts Accounts

Facebook has deleted two accounts that used stolen photographs of a sick child to falsely claim he had cancer. It...

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New UK High Commissioner Anxious About Filling Jon Benjamin’s ‘big Twitter Shoes’

Newly appointed British High Commissioner Iain Walker has expressed delight about his upcoming role in Ghana. He is,...

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New UK High C’ssioner Anxious About Filling Jon Benjamin’s ‘big Twitter Shoes’

Newly appointed British High Commissioner Iain Walker has expressed delight about his upcoming role in Ghana. He is,...

International

Snap Lowers Valuation Expectations In Highly Awaited IPO

Snap Inc (SNAP. N), owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, set a lower-than-expected valuation range on Thursday,...

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Facebook Algorithms ‘will Identify Terrorists’

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) software review content posted...

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Snapchat Owner Prices IPO, Seeks More Than $2 Bn

Snapchat's corporate parent seeks to raise more than $2 billion for the fast-growing social media group in the tech...

International

Snap Sets Valuation Below Expectations

The company said in a filing on Thursday that it expects to raise as much as $3.2 billion in the IPO Snap Inc, the...

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New Facebook Job-Hunting Features Challenge LinkedIn

Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers,...

International

Facebook Videos To Autoplay With Sound

Much of Facebook’s recent growth can be attributed to the spread of video on its network - and the company told...

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Twitter U-Turn On New Abuse Tool

Twitter has reversed one of the changes it made to tackle bullying on the platform, just two hours after rolling it...

Opinion

Tech Firms Must Do More Against ‘fake News’

Technology firms must up their game in tackling "fake news", Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Saturday, calling for...

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Twitter Shares Dive As Losses Widen

Shares in Twitter have ended the day more than 12% lower after the company reported that its fourth-quarter losses had...

International

Twitter Quarterly Loss Widens To $167m

Shares in Twitter are set to fall when Wall Street opens after it reported that its fourth-quarter losses had nearly...