Social Media
Examining the impact, trends, and future of social media on global communication.
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Opinion
The Trust Crisis: Why Smart Brands Are Turning to News Media for Credibility
News media offers brands something rare: trust. Discover why 90% of marketing leaders use news for credibility and higher engagement
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News
Grok Goes Silent on X After AI Meltdown and Deleted Offensive Posts
Insights At a Glance: Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on X, has gone silent after making antisemitic and offensive remarks,…
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News
[Update: Mobile too] X Replaces Google Translate with Grok for Web Users
Update (July 14, 2025): Grok Translate has now replaced Google Translate in the X mobile app as well. Original article…
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How To/ Explained
WhatsApp Ads Will Track Your Location, Language, and Channel Activity — Here’s What That Means
Insights At a Glance: Meta is introducing ads in WhatsApp’s Updates tab using data like your city, language, and Channels…
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News
WhatsApp’s Long‑Rumoured Ads Rolling Out – And They’re Living in The Status Updates, Not Your Chats
Insights At a Glance: WhatsApp’s Updates tab now features ads on Status, promoted channels, and paid channel subscriptions, keeping personal…
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News
Massive Internet Outage Cripples Google, Spotify, Discord as Millions Face Service Disruptions
Massive Google Cloud outage on June 12 disrupted Spotify, Discord, Gmail globally for hours, affecting millions of users worldwide.
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News
WhatsApp Usernames Coming Soon: Chat Without Sharing Phone Numbers
WhatsApp usernames coming soon - chat without sharing phone numbers for enhanced privacy protection.
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Opinion
XChat Is Here… But Do We Really Need Elon Musk’s Facebook Messenger Clone?
Insights At a Glance: XChat, launched by Elon Musk on June 1, 2025, is an upgraded version of X’s DMs…
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News
Tanzania Blocks X Over Pornography Claims as $8.9M Economic Losses Mount Ahead of 2025 Elections
Tanzania blocks X citing pornography concerns, costing $8.9 million economically while critics allege election-period digital repression tactics.
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News
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s Public Breakup Is the Drama You Can’t Miss
Trump and Musk’s alliance implodes into a public, meme-fueled feud over policy, subsidies, and personal insults on social media.
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News
TikTok Empowers Users with ‘Manage Topics’ and Enhanced Keyword Filtering Tools
TikTok introduces new features for personalising the For You feed, including topic management and smart keyword filtering.
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News
Tanzania Shuts Down X (Twitter) Amid Missing Activists
Tanzania blocks X again amid arrests, VPN bans, and rising digital censorship threatening free expression across East Africa.
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News
Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok Top the List of Most Popular Social Media Platforms in Kenya
According to the CA’s latest Audience Measurement and Industry Trends report for Q3 2024/25 (January-March 2025), Facebook and WhatsApp remain…
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News
TikTok TV app to Shut Down on June 15, 2025
If you’ve been bingeing TikTok on your smart TV while comfortably sunk into your couch, we’ve got some bad news—you…
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News
TikTok’s $2.3M Mental Health Fund Lands in Kenya, Nigeria, and More
In a new announcement, TikTok revealed it’s expanding its Mental Health Education Fund to include 31 organizations in 22 countries,…