Social media
Review finds Facebook made 'vexing, heartbreaking' moves on civil rights
Auditors pointed out unchecked posts by US President Donald Trump that could discourage voting or encourage the shooting of citizens.
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TikTok says it will exit Hong Kong market within days
The short-form video app owned by China-based ByteDance has made the decision to exit the region following China’s establishment of a sweeping new national security law for the semi-autonomous city.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: The listicle is alive and well, I went hunting
This informal piece of writing is not altogether extinct, but they have become more rare, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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ANALYSIS: Twitter is the new, virtual picket line
Social media provides a natural vent for outrage and a meeting ground to coordinate with like-minded people when there’s no established forum for it.
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Twitter disables Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint
The clip, which is a collation of photos and videos of protest marches and instances of violence in the aftermath of Floyd’s death, has Trump speaking in the background.
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Twitter refuses to rule out suspending Trump's account
Trump has relied on Twitter to get out his message without submitting himself to questions from reporters. His 81.7 million followers have made the @realDonaldTrump account one of Twitter's 10 most popular.
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Snapchat curbs Trump posts for inciting 'racial violence'
"We are not currently promoting the president's content on Snapchat's Discover platform," Snapchat said in response to an AFP inquiry, referencing the youth-focused social network's section for recommended content.
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Zuckerberg backs Facebook Trump policy despite anger, dissent: reports
Social media platforms have faced calls to moderate the president's comments, most recently because of the unrest gripping America in the wake of an unarmed black man's death during arrest as a white policeman knelt on his neck.
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Rights activists rip Facebook's Zuckerberg over Trump comments
The comments follow a series of protests from Facebook employees disputing the company's position of refraining from moderating the president's posts.
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Nigerians mass online to demand '#justice' for abuses
The latest outpouring of anger has been unleashed by the cases of three women and girls who were killed or raped in incidents activists say showcase the sexual violence and police brutality widespread in Nigeria.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg faces employee backlash over Trump protest comments
The weekend criticism marked a rare case of high-level employees publicly taking their chief executive to task, with at least three of the seven critical posts seen by Reuters coming from people who identified themselves as senior managers.
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Twitter conceals Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence'
Twitter said it was placing a 'public interest notice' on a Trump message about protests in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of the police.
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Trump to target social media with executive order
The US president is on the warpath against Twitter after the platform for the first time labelled two of his tweets, on the increasingly contentious topic of mail-in voting, with fact-check notices.
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Twitter-Trump clash intensifies political misinformation battle
Twitter on Tuesday targeted tweets in which the president said that mail-in voting would lead to fraud and a "rigged election" in November, the first time the platform has placed a warning label on Trump's comments.
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Trump threatens to 'close down' social media after tweets tagged
The tweets in question violated a recently expanded Twitter policy, said the San Francisco-based company.
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Facebook unveils scam warnings for Messenger users
The feature began rolling out to the Messenger app tailored for Android-powered smartphones in March and will head to Messenger on iPhones next week, according to Facebook.
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Schoo! Past tweets come back to haunt Miss SA 2020 hopeful Bianca Schoombee
Bianca Schoombee has learned the hard way that the comments we post online never disappear on the internet just because you’ve pressed the delete button.
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Twitter launches labels, warnings on misleading COVID-19 information
Social media sites are under pressure to combat misinformation that has spread on their platforms about the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: COVID-19 reveals irrelevance of celebrities & influencers
Pre-coronavirus we all found ourselves in the trap of the notion that anyone who had enough clout to keep the immune system of the internet running with viral content should be an aspiration, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
