New regulations proposed for fast-food and alcohol in South Africa
In its draft (AAVCS) white paper published last week, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies proposed stricter regulations around the advertising of alcohol and...
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WhatsApp could offer a new feature that self-destructs media files
WABetaInfo, which tracks the development of new WhatsApp functions, recently revealed that the company may be developing a new feature which will self-destruct media files...
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Facebook plans to pay 400,000 users to deactivate their accounts
Last week Monday, Facebook announced it has partnered up with 17 external academic researchers to explore social media’s impact on “key political attitudes and behaviours”...
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Trailer | Creators of YouTube and Facebook reveal how you’re being controlled in ‘The Social Dilemma’
We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a...
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Facebook now offering grants and virtual training to small businesses in South Africa
Facebook announced it’s launched a grant scheme and virtual training to support small businesses in South Africa. Facebook’s R8.5 million grant scheme forms part of...
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WhatsApp to get a new fact-check feature
WhatsApp has started rolling out a new feature called Search The Web, that will prompt and allow users to fact-check content contained in forwarded message...
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Twitter outraged by this tiny 7-square-metre London flat selling for R4 million
A young man’s tweet has left the Twitterverse in disbelief. Richard Brooks recently shared screenshots of a shocking property listing. The property in question is...
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Messages you can’t send or share under SA’s amended cybercrimes bill
On Wednesday (July 1) The National Council of Provinces approved a number of bills, of which the Cybercrimes Bill and the Civil Union Amendment Bill...
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Facebook will soon allow users to turn off political adverts
Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will now allow users to turn off political adverts in a USA Today op-ed published this past Tuesday (15 June)....
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Facebook introduces new feature called ‘Rooms’ – a 50-person video chat experience to take on Zoom
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, majority of the world has gone into some sort of lockdown or self-isolation with millions turning to video...
