Social Media
Examining the impact, trends, and future of social media on global communication.
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WhatsApp Username Reservations Are Open: Here’s How to Claim Yours
WhatsApp opens username reservations worldwide so you can message people without sharing your phone number. Some Kenyans are already seeing…
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How TikTok Is Positioning Itself as Kenya’s Football Second Screen Before AFCON 2027
TikTok's new sports data positions it as Kenya's football second screen, just as the World Cup runs and AFCON 2027…
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The UK Is Banning Social Media for Under-16s. The Hard Part Is Making It Work
Britain is following Australia with a full ban on social media accounts for children under 16. The announcement was the…
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Meta is taking its teen content limits worldwide, and adding a feed-variety test on Instagram
Meta is expanding its strict "13+" teen content filter globally across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, after two child-safety court losses.
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Hackers Hijacked Instagram Accounts by Asking Meta’s AI Support Bot
Hackers tricked Meta's AI support bot into resetting Instagram passwords and seizing accounts. Meta patched it. Here is what actually…
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WhatsApp is showing Status updates from unsaved numbers
WhatsApp users appear to be seeing something that should not be happening: Status updates from phone numbers they never saved,…
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X moves to stop big accounts from stealing content from smaller creators
X is finally taking a harder look at one of the platformβs most annoying creator problems: big accounts stealing content…
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End-to-End Encryption Is Gone From Instagram DMs. Why Now, and What Kenyans Should Do
Meta ended Instagram's end-to-end encrypted DMs on 8 May 2026. Here is why, what changed, and what Kenyans can actually…
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TikTok Removed 820,552 Kenyan Videos in Q4 2025, a 41% Jump From Q3
TikTok removed 820,552 videos and banned 108,752 accounts in Kenya in Q4 2025, with 93,704 flagged as underage users.
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X Now Caps Free Users at 50 Posts and 200 Replies a Day. Is This Censorship by Paywall?
Twitter/X has capped free accounts at 50 posts and 200 replies daily, pushing heavy users toward paid Premium subscriptions.
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WhatsApp Ads Arrive in Kenya: What It Means for the 25 Million Kenyans Who Live on the App
Meta rolls out WhatsApp ads in Kenya inside Status and Channels. How targeting works, why now, and what Kenyan users…
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Meta is Set to Overtake Google in Digital Advertising for the First Time Ever in 2026. Here’s How That Happened.
eMarketer projects Meta will earn $243B in 2026 ad revenue, finally overtaking Google after 26 years of dominance.
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YouTube Now Lets You Turn Off Shorts From Your Feed Entirely
YouTube now lets all users set Shorts feed limits to zero minutes, but the setting is dismissible, not absolute.
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WhatsApp usernames rolling out to a limited number of users
WhatsApp has started rolling out usernames to a limited number of users on Android and iOS, marking a major shift…
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Nigeria and South Africa lead in X (Twitter) reply spam, new data shows
If you spend as much time on the platform as I do, youβve probably noticed the bizarre new product development…
