China’s Twitter-like Weibo plans $547m Hong Kong listing
Beijing – US-listed Chinese microblogging platform Weibo is seeking to raise up to $547 million in a share offer in... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
New US probe targets Instagram’s impact on children
Washington – A consortium of US states announced a joint probe on Thursday of Instagram’s parent company Meta for... Read more
19 Nov, 2021
Facebook whistleblower: ‘I want to start a youth movement’
Paris – What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world’s most powerful social media company?... Read more
13 Nov, 2021
Twitter clears Julius Malema after German complaint over his ‘Thank you God’ post
Cape Town – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has been cleared by the social media platform, Twitter,... Read more
12 Nov, 2021
Prince Harry says warned Twitter CEO ahead of US Capitol riot
Washington – Prince Harry has said he told Twitter’s CEO that the network was allowing a coup to be staged,... Read more
11 Nov, 2021
Facebook takes down Nicaraguan government-run troll farm
Panama City – Facebook said on Monday it had closed a Nicaraguan government troll farm spreading anti-opposition messages ahead of... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
‘Facebook Papers’ explode ahead of platform’s earnings report
Washington – Facebook was hit on Monday by scathing reports from at least a dozen US news outlets based... Read more
26 Oct, 2021
Facebook failing to contain hate speech in India – reports
New York – Facebook was well aware that hate speech was spreading on its site in India which could exacerbate... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Trump announces plans to launch new social network ‘TRUTH Social’
Washington – Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to launch his own social network, in the... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Facebook, Twitter, Google warn Hong Kong over privacy laws
Facebook, Twitter and Google have threatened to stop offering their services in the city of Hong Kong if authorities... Read more
6 Jul, 2021
