Facebook announces 10 000 EU jobs to build ‘metaverse’
Paris – Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10 000 people in the European Union to build the “metaverse”,... Read more
18 Oct, 2021
Pro-democracy protests mount as Eswatini blocks Internet
Mbabane – Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, shut down the Internet for two hours on Friday as pro-democracy marchers... Read more
15 Oct, 2021
Embattled Facebook releases new curbs on harassment
San Francisco – Facebook unveiled fresh protections on Wednesday against online attacks on journalists, activists and celebrities as the... Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Rwandan YouTuber jailed for 15 years after anti-Kagame posts
Kigali – A Rwandan court on Thursday sentenced a prominent YouTube commentator and genocide survivor to 15 years in prison... Read more
1 Oct, 2021
Egypt to tax social media stars
Cairo – Egypt said it will tax social media content creators in a revenue raising exercise as more citizens... Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Outcry as Ugandan internet users hit with new tax
Ugandan internet users have been hit by a new tax on mobile data in a move the country’s opposition... Read more
2 Jul, 2021
New internet tax for Ugandans as ‘social media tax’ fails
New internet tax for Ugandans is set to be introduced on Thursday after the infamous “social media tax” –... Read more
1 Jul, 2021
