Social media platforms have enormous power to direct traffic based on their algorithms. South Africa’s Competition Commission has ordered social media platforms YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X to significantly invest in supporting South Africa’s media sector, to restore fairness, transparency and sustainability in the media ecosystem. This is one of several key remedies proposed by…
Civil society networks and private sector leaders crossed paths in the buzzing corridors of the Qatar National Convention Centre, a reminder that social development is not just debated in meetings rooms – it touches jobs, families and futures. With nearly 14,000 attendees registered for the Second World Summit for Social Development, currently underway in Doha,…
Doha, Qatar — During the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, Spotlight Initiative and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) hosted the side event ‘Invest in adequate social protection for women and girls to drive meaningful change across all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’. This session underscored the urgent need to strengthen universal, inclusive…
Discord is significantly upgrading its Family Centre, granting parents and guardians more substantial safety tools and visibility into their teens’ activity. These new controls are designed to address concerns around sensitive content, data privacy, and unwanted contact, while still respecting the teens’ communication privacy. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Supersonic plane takes…
The State Department says the US has ‘no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans’ after revoking visas over critical social media posts. The US Department of State says it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over remarks they made on social media about Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was…
Tourists are seen at the promenade of the iconic Gateway of India next to digital displays of messaging app WhatsApp, in Mumbai on August 25, 2023. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) Indranil Mukherjee | Afp | Getty Images This report is from this week’s edition of CNBC’s…
No, soaking your right hand in cold water won’t cure your headache; ignore social media claims IN SHORT: Social media posts claiming that soaking your hand in cold water for five minutes will make headaches “disappear” are circulating on Facebook. But what little research there is says this may make your headaches worse. A Facebook…
Restrictions have been placed on content on some social media platforms in Afghanistan, Taliban government sources told BBC Afghan. Filters have been applied to restrict certain types of content on sites including Facebook, Instagram and X, the sources at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said. It is not clear exactly what sort of…
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Kathmandu — Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli announced his resignation on Tuesday as the country was rocked by a second day of violent unrest that began as protests against a since-repealed ban on many major social media platforms. Clashes between young demonstrators and police on Monday turned violent, with police killing 19 people. Protesters in Nepal’s…
