The feature is being positioned as an alternative to the traditional Repost button and Quote Post system, encouraging users to directly record and att...
The Commission further called upon all Kenyans to stand in solidarity with the affected families and school community.
Under the rollout, Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus will each cost $3.99 per month (Sh515), while WhatsApp Plus will cost $2.99 per month (Sh385).
At the centre of social media is a powerful psychological mechanism: validation. Platforms, such as Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, and YouTube, are b...
From WhatsApp chats to TikTok’s evolving features, stickers, GIFs and memes are transforming online communication into a faster, more visual and emoti...
The Mandhry Motivational Class has been running for more than 15 years and focuses on contemporary social issues affecting the Muslim community and th...
The Pope urges governments, tech firms, educators, and media to act as AI-driven platforms reshape how people think, relate, and communicate.
According to data presented at the summit, Africa loses up to 4.2 billion US dollars annually due to distorted perceptions and narratives shaped by no...
Kenya’s digital transition is not just a shift in platforms—it is a transformation of power, voice and participation. As audiences take greater contro...
The introduction of web-based messaging reflects Threads’ broader strategy to compete more directly with platforms like X, which has long offered inte...
Newspapers remain the least used source of news at just 1 per cent in both years.
A smaller but still notable number of people use social media to follow live sports at 28 per cent and watch talk shows or interviews at 26 per cent.
Twenty-seven per cent of Kenyans now rely on social media for news, ahead of television at 25 per cent, radio at 19 per cent and print media at 13 per...
X has indicated that it will continue to prioritise user control and transparency, though specific details on new privacy safeguards were not extensiv...
Communities, originally designed as interest-based discussion spaces similar to topic forums, struggled to maintain active participation despite being...
The update shifts how content is consumed on the platform, moving away from a one-size-fits-all algorithmic feed to a more user-directed experience.
In more advanced digital environments, some platforms integrate optional camera-based features within specific tools such as augmented reality filters...
YouTube is rolling out a mobile feature that lets users share videos from an exact timestamp, simplifying clip sharing and boosting engagement with ke...
YouTube is rolling out a zero-minute Shorts limit, letting users effectively turn off Shorts globally. Here’s how the setting works, where to find it,...
The call came during a content creation training session that focused on how platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube can be monetised through...
A Nature Health study of 70,000 social media posts links weight-loss injections like Ozempic to menstrual changes and temperature symptoms, raising qu...
New evidence from the ECO-SOLVE Global Monitoring System (GMS) has shown the scale and structure of online illegal wildlife trade across platforms wit...
Iranian embassies across multiple capitals have mounted a coordinated campaign of satire, deploying memes to mock American messaging and needle Donald...
Indonesia's ban on social media for children under 16 is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. It comes amid growing global pressure on Big Tech ov...
Several users around the world have reported seeing the new feature appear on posts and replies in their feeds, signalling that X is expanding how peo...
Social media is transforming life for Ethiopia’s young majority, opening paths to income, learning and civic voice while fuelling distraction, misinfo...
A California jury has declared that social media giants Meta and YouTube were liable for harming a young woman by designing their platforms to be addi...
While the New Mexico jury's landmark decision to hold Meta liable could be a bellwether, the penalty is only a fraction of what prosecutors sought.
The executive described the current digital landscape as an “uncontrolled experiment” on young users.
Previously, pausing a Reel required users to press and hold the screen, which could sometimes be cumbersome, especially for longer videos or when tryi...
