In an effort to fight fake news, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has announced it will restrict the number of times an individual message can be forwarded. stockcam—Getty Images In the latest case of social media privacy and security limitations, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has announced it will restrict the number of times an individual message […]
It’s a common event on social media these days, the equivalent of adding #JK to a post that may or may not be … an actual joke. Here’s how it goes. Someone publishes something strange and uncharacteristic. It might be a naughty comment, inappropriate video, or controversial opinion. Their next post absolves them of ‘their’ […]
Social media is a double-edged sword, it can destroy and it can build. PHOTO | AFP Earlier this week, a university student struggling to raise school fees used her Twitter account to rally Kenyans to fundraise towards her education, requesting her followers to retweet her post. Her tweet was severally retweeted and eventually caught the […]
Facebook reported its Q1 2018 financial results on Wednesday. It comfortably beat analysts expectations — announcing quarterly revenues of $11.9 billion and EPS of $1.69. The better-than-expected results assuage investor concerns about the impact of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but the company isn’t out of the woods just yet. Facebook handily beat analysts’ expectations on both […]
