Having an end-to-end encrypted messaging ‘ecosystem’ is a great way for Facebook to evade the full wrath of the law. It has come at a convenient time, too.
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Despite efforts to wall off regional or national internets, social media companies will have to continue aggressively competing across borders if they are to grow.
Apps like WhatsApp have connected more voices to participate in live talk radio - but this comes with new challenges.
Zoom’s privacy and security shortcomings are just the latest videoconferencing vulnerabilities. Knowing each platform’s risks can help people avoid many of the downsides of virtual gatherings.
From Facebook to WhatsApp, technology is important to keeping older generations from feeling lonely while social distancing during coronavirus
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up to block misinformation and promote accurate information about the coronavirus. Their track records on self-policing are poor. The results so far are mixed.
Steps higher education institutions can take to ensure that teaching and learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social media has allowed researchers around the world to collaborate and co-ordinate their efforts to fight the outbreak and contain its spread.
New research has identified the main triggers of this psychological phenomenon, the contexts in which it happens and the types of fears involved in it.
The hand that taps ‘remove from this group’ is the hand that rules the world.
Facebook is planning to put end-to-end encryption on all its messaging services soon. But governments aren’t happy about it, as it could make it harder to catch criminals.
Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments
How Whatsapp supports nurse students in Nigeria and helps them transition into the workplace.
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WhatsApp can amplify and complement a candidate’s ground campaign. But it cannot replace it.
Social media is shaping Africa’s political engagement in diverse and complex ways.
New evidence suggests most YouTube videos on climate change deny its existence.
In the recent Nigerian election WhatsApp was used to mislead voters in increasingly sophisticated ways. But it also strengthened democracy in other areas.
Plenty of Western officials and media outlets have criticized Libra – but it’s not meant for them.
Telegram enabled protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance, but a DDoS attack and the arrest of a group administrator undermined the ability of protesters to organise and communicate.
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