Tag: Facebook
How to Buy A Verification Checkmark on Facebook and Instagram
A month ago, and in line with its unoriginal approach that we have seen in the past, Meta copied Twitter Blue by launching paid...
Facebook Fires 21,000 Employees in Less Than 6 Months
Meta, the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, appears that is not done firing people following the announcement that it will be...
Kenyans Are the Most Online Users in Africa
I thought I was a chronic online user and then I looked at the data and the revelations are wild when it comes to...
Here’s Who Should Pay for Meta Verified Subscription Plan
Your time on social media platforms was what made these platforms get big and thus earn revenue through advertising but new privacy regulations and...
Now There Is a Price for Your Social Media Addiction
Social credibility in the previous years was brought with a small check button ✔, no one with that was a mere mortal man when...
Meta Now Allows You to Buy the Verified Blue Checkmark for Instagram and Facebook
Keeping with its theme of being unoriginal, Meta has copied Twitter Blue and is rolling paid blue badges which is the Meta Verified subscription...
Facebook is the Most Hated Social Media Platform by Autocratic Governments
According to Surfshark's annual report on internet censorship, in 2022, 4.2 billion people were affected by internet censorship worldwide.
Asia accounted for nearly half...
More African Brands Likely to Sign Up for TikTok in 2023
Meltwater, with its latest report launch, has attempted to shed light on the distinctions between local and global trends, uncovering a significant trend amongst...
How To Protect Your Privacy and Stay Secure on Facebook in 2023
Facebook has a lot of data on you and it’s imperative that all that personal information stays private and secure. So here’s a handy...
Kenyans to Pay More for Facebook, Instagram Ads Thanks to New Tax
The government of Kenya has been trying to explore as many avenues as possible to maximize its tax collections. Over the last couple of...
4.9 Billion People Will Be Using Social Media in 2023
Social media usage continues surging as millions of people worldwide join online communities each month.
According to some interesting stats, the number of active social...
Facebook Scales Back Experimental Team To Focus on This Feature
Meta is shrinking Facebook’s New Product Experimentation division as its tries to focus on its rival.
The experimental team was set up in late...
Facebook Receives No Love in Europe After Losing 20 Million Users in H1 2022
Facebook is one of the social media apps that really propelled the entire online interaction ecosystem into new heights. It is very popular in...
Facebook Learns From Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Intros Measures to Combat Misinformation Ahead of Kenya Polls
Meta-owned Facebook does not have a good track record as far as managing misinformation, hate speech and other social media vices is concerned. The...
Airtel Kenya Appoints New CEO and Board Chair
Kenya’s second largest telecom operator Airtel Kenya has made some changes in its management team.
First and foremost, its CEO Mr. Prasanta Das Sarma has...
Facebook Wants A Kenyan Case About Toxic Work Environment Dropped
A few weeks, a case was filed accusing Meta, the parent of Facebook, and its apps/companies, which argued that the American corporation had exploited...
Facebook Struggling to Keep Up With New International Privacy Regulations
Facebook has been having a really tough time this past few years with increasing scrutiny and new privacy regulations across the globe.
The social media...
Kenya Decides 2022: Meta’s Efforts to Promote Election Integrity on Its Platforms
Kenya is heading towards its elections set for August 9th this year where its citizens will vote in county-level, legislative and presidential elections.
A civic...
Facebook Paid Republican Firm to Run TikTok Smear Campaign
TikTok has been Facebook's number one rival in the social media space. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive has even said that TikTok is a...
Facebook to Verify Political Ads Ahead of August Elections
Kenya is heading towards its elections set for August this year where its citizens will vote in county-level, legislative and presidential elections.
To maintain...
Tech Companies That Have Suspended Services in Russia
Russia has now passed North Korea and Iran to become the most sanctioned nation in the world following President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The...
Social Media Platforms Can’t Keep Up With Misinformation on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Misinformation is a huge problem for social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and Twitter. It has gotten worse with Russia's invasion of...
How Tech Companies Are Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
UPDATE: Meta has demoted links to Russian media on Facebook and Instagram. Content shared by Russian state media will stop being recommended on users...
Meta Considering Shutting Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe
The European Union has been looking into Privacy Shield and other agreements that allow for transatlantic data transfers, particularly on how data from European...
Facebook Isn’t Listening On Your Phone. It Doesn’t Have To
Early this week, a video went viral(20 million views) on TikTok about how Facebook is listening on your phone. The woman in the video...
Gainwithxtiandela The Most Used Hashtag in Kenya in 2021
Facebook’s parent company rebranded to Meta, which means that the likes of Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook itself are under the Meta umbrella.
The development...
Tech Habits to Adopt in 2022
2021 is finally ending and 2022 will be a new year that promises to offer a chance to begin afresh on a clean...
Meta is the New Company That Owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus
In the last couple of days, there were rumours that Facebook was planning to change its name.
The day has finally come and passed, and...
[UPDATED: Services Are Slowly Coming Back Online] Facebook Apps Are Down
By now we already know that Facebook apps are down. This is because the social media giant is a leading voice in social media...
Facebook Pauses Work on Instagram For Kids Ahead of This Week’s Senate Hearing
Facebook has been working on an Instagram version for kids between 10 to 12 years, but those plans are on pause, and the company...
Facebook’s Internal Research Reveals Instagram Is Harmful to Teenage Girls
Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in early 2012. Instagram was a popular platform for teens then who had stopped using Facebook's main app.
Facebook...
Facebook Intros New Safety Measures to Protect The Privacy of its Users in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is now under the Taliban. Social networks have banned the group from sharing its messages on their platforms including YouTube and Facebook.
Civilians, activists...
Facebook Brings Reels To The News Feed
TikTok is giving Facebook a lot of headaches in the short video format. The app recently outranked Facebook and its family of apps to...
Telcos, Facebook Supplement Undersea Cables with 4 New Landing Site
The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced the addition of four new...
Facebook Is Rebuilding Its Ad Tools With a Focus on Privacy
Consumer privacy has become a hot topic for tech giants this year. Apple led the way at their WWDC early this year making privacy-focussed...
