Kenya watchdog issues ultimatum to Facebook over hate speech
Nairobi – Kenya’s peace-building agency on Friday gave Facebook a seven-day deadline to clean up hate speech on its... Read more
30 Jul, 2022
Facebook agrees to safeguards in ad discrimination case
San Francisco – Facebook owner Meta has agreed to change its ad targeting technology and pay $115 000 to settle... Read more
22 Jun, 2022
Girl, 15, lured on Facebook before being raped and brutally killed – reports
Cape Town – The High Court in Mpumalanga reportedly sentenced a 27-year-old man, Simo Thabethe, to two life sentences... Read more
1 Jun, 2022
Ireland fines Facebook for EU privacy law breaches
Dublin – Ireland on Tuesday imposed a fine on Facebook parent company Meta for breaching EU data privacy laws,... Read more
16 Mar, 2022
Google, Meta face EU-UK antitrust probes over online ads deal
Brussels – The EU and Britain on Friday opened antitrust probes into a 2018 deal between tech giants Google... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
‘Facebook rapist’ who pretended to be a successful businessman sentenced to life
Cape Town – Mokoena Petrus Nhlapo, 42, of Free State was reportedly sentenced to life on Tuesday after raping... Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Trump’s new social media app has rocky rollout
San Francisco – Donald Trump’s new social media app has started its gradual rollout but thousands of would-be users encountered... Read more
23 Feb, 2022
Facebook co-workers now ‘Metamates’ as image evolves
San Francisco – Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg laid out revamped company values Tuesday, urging workers to be “Metamates” who treat... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Facebook misidentified thousands of political ads, study shows
Paris – Facebook misidentified tens of thousands of advertisements flagged under its political ads policy, according to a study released... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Cops finally find baby girl abducted 20 years ago after her brother spotted her on Facebook, suspect arrested
Cape Town – A baby girl, who was reportedly kidnapped at birth 20 years ago in Mpumalanga, has finally... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
