Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power everything from our group chats to businesses, shopping, election campaigns and emergency coordination. They instantly connect us and continuously feed us information. Yet, although they broker information everywhere, the power of digital platforms remains largely invisible. They control content and harvest information from…
Published On 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has cancelled a trip to China, as deadly antigovernment protests spread outside the capital, and social media platform TikTok suspended its live feature, citing concerns over the “increasing violence” in the Southeast Asian country. The announcement by Prabowo’s spokesman came on Saturday as Indonesian…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Boniswa Sidwaba, head of content operations at TikTok in Sub-Saharan Africa, discusses monetisation opportunities, programmes available for African content creators, and how TikTok is empowering creators to take their skills to the next level. #TikTok #ITWebtv TikTok is ramping up its efforts to educate African creators about the platform’s…
Tributes are being paid to American World War Two veteran and social media star Jake Larson, known online as ‘Papa Jake’, who has died at the age of 102. Larson was among the Allied troops in D-Day who attacked Nazi Germany’s forces on the beaches of northern France in 1944, helping to end WW2. In…
TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year. “President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House Press…
