The horn of Africa is starving. Forecasts are indicating an underwhelming rainy season for the last month of 2022. Famine in African countries has reached its fifth consecutive dry season in significant parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. This year is the driest in 70 years, putting millions of lives in danger of starvation by […]
Social Media
Meta’s share price is collapsing, and the social media giant is on a major downturn. The thus far ruling social media giant of our time, the owner of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, is experiencing the worst 2 consecutive quarters of its existence. The Meta stock has collapsed and users are still fleeing the platforms, meanwhile […]
Through agreements with record labels, Pinterest is expanding the music selection for its TikTok-like video function. Today, the business unveiled agreements that will let Pinterest users include well-known music in their video posts, or Idea Pins. According to a Pinterest blog post, the partnering record labels are Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin, and […]
On Wednesday, October 13, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that an estimated 118 million users of the giant lost their followers due to reasons that have yet to be announced. Mark Zuckerberg alone lost more than 119 million followers, decreasing his follower base to below 10,000, all while a considerable number of users complained of […]
Meta, the multi billion dollars company previously known as Facebook has been facing backlashes regarding their advertising and digital campaign policies in addition to their customer support. With an estimated 36.8 percent of all the people on Earth using Facebook daily according to Data Reportal, it is difficult to apprehend why the company has not taken any […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday he had signed a bill into law requiring transparency of social media companies, a move that could draw criticism from tech firms and industry groups. The law, AB-587, will require social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms, […]
The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with Donald Trump’s social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. At stake is a $1.3 billion cash infusion that Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which operates the former […]
Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body in India for the social media sector to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. India in June proposed appointing a government panel to hear complaints from users about content moderation decisions, but […]
The ability to reach millions of people from behind a flickering screen is something we may take for granted today on sites like Twitter and Reddit but is no less a powerful tool not to be taken lightly. The relationship between social media and politics runs deep in today’s connected world, too deep for comfort […]
Social media, the internet, and other digital tools, which were once hailed as great forces for human empowerment, connectivity, and liberation, have quickly come to be seen as a serious threat to democratic stability and human freedom. Social media platforms are demonstrating the potential to exacerbate risks such as authoritarian privacy violations, partisan echo chambers, […]