Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has overtaken Facebook to become the world’s second most downloaded app. Only the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has more...
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(Bloomberg) — The FBI is pressing Apple Inc. to help it break into a terrorist’s iPhones, but the government can hack into the devices without the technology...
Kapseret Mp Oscar Sudi has deactivated his Facebook page after hackers took over the page and started posting pornographic content, we can confirm. The member of...
The website of an obscure government organization called the Federal Depository Library Program was hijacked over the weekend by hackers claiming to be linked to Iran...
Via Reddit I know the title is rather sensational, however it couldn’t get any closer to the truth. For those who are too busy to read the whole post, here’s...
The process of limiting a Twitter account’s reach, commonly referred to as shadow banning, has now been added to the company’s official terms of service, Breitbart...
Researchers at the UK’s University of Cambridge have created a new software technology that treats online “hate speech” as a computer “virus” or “malware.” The “Hate...
Via Bitcoinist Twitter and Square CEO, Jack Dorsey, has just announced that Twitter is funding a small independent team to develop an open and decentralised social media...
On November 26th, Twitter said it will delete inactive accounts. The accounts which have stayed for more than 6 months without being logged in are the first to go by...
Yesterday the Amnesty International, a human rights group went before the National Assembly to resist attempts to have WhatsAPP Group admins apply for a license. There...
Twitter Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey had tweeted a barrage of tweets explaining the ban on paid political advertising effective November 22nd. “We’ve made the...
Instagram has expanded a ban on graphical self-harm imagery to include a broader range of content depicting suicide, including fictional illustrations of self-harm and...
BEIJING — Chinese startup Geometry Healthtech said it has developed a smart toilet that can analyze human excretions, which it hopes to be able to sell by the end...
While most teenagers are earning money at summer jobs or accepting allowances, some are creating multi-million dollar businesses. Companies that started in dorm rooms or...
Via Breitbart Social media platform Twitter has been accused of unfairly profiting from the personal data of 14.1 million U.K. citizens after using their personal...
Via Variety Facebook has admitted it overstated video-viewing metrics over an 18-month period from 2015-16 — and was promptly hit with lawsuits from advertisers claiming...
The Alabama-based DCH Health System has reportedly paid off hackers that took three local hospitals computer systems hostage using ransomware. One cybersecurity expert...
Although I am extremely aware of the embedded racism within Facebook’s policies I still use it for the sole purpose of connecting with ‘curious melanated minds’ around...
Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey will tour Africa in November. Jack wrote on his Twitter Page that he will visit four African countries namely Ethiopia, Ghana...
The social media giant Twitter Inc. has written to users about disruption in service. Users were unable to tweet, DM or get notifications. It’s sister app...
Masters of the universe, Twitter, have suspended popular user Wanjiku Revolt @WanjikuRevolt again, three months after reinstating him. In June, Twitter lifted his...
Yesterday, the owner of the earth Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked. Hackers went on to post racial epithets, profanities and bomb threats on Friday...
Dictator Yoweri Museveni, apart from introducing a social media tax, he is now planning to register and track influencers. In a country that is badly managed with...
By Renjit Mon (BSc.Engg.Elect.) It dates back to 2002, while Hon. Daniel ArapMoi was in his last year as the President of Kenya. I wrote a letter to him to adapt...
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint suspended all services after losing about 3.5 billion yen (Ksh. 3.2 billion) in a hack that involved Ripple and other...
Twitter users worldwide were unable to access the social-networking site Thursday, with an apparent outage that affected both mobile and web platforms. On the web, users...
A few minutes ago, the President of the United States Donald Trump Tweeted about the White house social media summit. He had earlier in the day Tweeted the following...
Users around the world are experiencing difficulty accessing social media sites Instagram and Facebook as well as encrypted messenger WhatsApp. Those in mainland Europe...
U.S. companies will be allowed to work with Huawei again, President Trump announced in a news conference. It’s a stunning, if not entirely surprising turnaround, coming...
Twitter announced on Thursday that it would censor President Trump’s tweets going into the 2020 election by “down-ranking” those which violate their...
