Twitter Cracks Down On Abuse
Twitter has announced new ways for users to tackle abusive messages and hateful content on its platform. The “mute” button, which enables users to not see tweets from individual accounts, is...
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WhatsApp Video Calling Is Finally Here
WhatsApp has introduced a number of new features in recent months but perhaps the most eagerly awaited has been video calling. Some users briefly flirted with video calls back in May but it took...
Denzel Washington Hit By Facebook Fake News Story On Trump
A fabricated news story claiming Hollywood actor Denzel Washington had praised US President-elect Donald Trump is being shared widely on Facebook. The post from Facebook page American News has been...
Snapchat ‘files For Stock Market Float’
Snap, the parent company of messaging app Snapchat, has filed to list on the US stock market, according to several reports. Based on investments so far, the California-based firm would be worth...
Facebook and Google To Stop Ads From Appearing On Fake News Sites
The two tech giants will no longer allow fake news sites to use their ad-selling services, the latest reaction to accusations that a flood of misleading internet content influenced voters during the...
WhatsApp Finally Launches Video Calling
WhatsApp has introduced a number of new features in recent months but perhaps the most eagerly awaited has been video calling. Some users briefly flirted with video calls back in May but it took...
Facebook’s Fake News Crisis Deepens
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook’s role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of how fake news is spread on the platform has intensified. Buzzfeed News is...
Facebook To Do More Tackling Fake News
Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook will do more to tackle fake news, and again denied it had in any way aided Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. In a post on his Facebook profile Mr...
Here’s How You Know If He Wants To Date Or Just Sleep With You?
It becomes a problem when two people want two entirely different things from Tinder and aren’t completely honest with each other about it. So how do you tell if a guy on Tinder wants to actually...
How 35-Year-Old Man Blackmails Lovers With Nude Pictures
A 35-year-old man, Michael Atanda, who specialised in blackmailing lovers by threatening to display their nude pictures on social media, especially Facebook, if they refused to pay his monetary...
Zuckerberg Promises Facebook Action Over Fake News
In a post on his Facebook profile Mr Zuckerberg said he hoped to announce measures to tackle fake stories "soon". He said this work "often takes longer than we'd like in order to confirm changes we...
Facebook Wants To Make You Secure
When you have a billion people using your service, you have an obligation to keep your users secure, even when they behave in unsafe ways. Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Facebook,...
School Helps Inexperienced Programmers Land Jobs At Apple
Programmers are in hot demand. Tech companies are especially eager to grab talent as fast as they can find it. "We're interviewing people every week," said Neha Jain, a senior software engineer with...
Blac Chyna Shares Breastfeeding Pic On Her Baby’s Instagram Page
Dream Kardashian is already a social media star! Just one day after Blac Chyna gave birth to Rob Kardashian's first child, the proud parents created an official Instagram account for the sweet baby...
Yvonne Nelson Looks Stunning In White Outfit On Her Birthday
One of the most treasured celebrities in Ghana just had another year added to her life and it was definitely a glow up time. There were many adoring messages on her Instagram feed, but what we really...
Activities Of The Youth On Social Media
For the first time ever, Social Media is playing a crucial role in Ghana's parliamentary and presidential election. There have been a lot of issues revolving around the use of social media in Ghana...
Black Freshmen At University of Pennsylvania Receive Racist Messages
A number of black freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday received multiple messages via a mobile group messaging application containing graphic racist imagery and racial slurs. The...
Ghanaians Among Highest Data Users In Africa
South Africa is followed by 31% in Ghana, 28% in Nigeria, 19% in Kenya and 18% in Uganda. Ghanaians have been named as one of the highest data users in Africa. Ghanaians, Kenyans, Seychellois and...
Facebook Bug ‘kills’ Users In ‘terrible Error’
Facebook's own CEO was among the "dead" during the bug's brief appearance An unusual bug on Facebook briefly labelled many people as dead. The error on Friday caused the social network to show a...
Police Busted A Team Spreading Online Rumors
Police in Shanghai have busted a gang suspected of fabricating official documents and spreading rumors online. A Ministry of Public Security statement Friday said the group, with members from over 20...