Telegram says it ‘shut down hundreds of public calls for violence’ in US last week
Amid rising political tensions in the United States, Telegram founder Pavel Durov says his chat service has taken down hundreds of public calls for violence,...
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Dangote completes Nigeria’s longest concrete road
Makamba Online The Dangote Group has completed Nigeria’s longest rigid pavement located in Kogi State. It is the first of its kind, top engineers say....
WhatsApp delays data sharing change after backlash
WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal. The...
Europe’s populists fearful of social media restrictions
Europe’s populist leaders are outraged by the decision of U.S. social-media giants to block U.S. President Donald Trump from posting on their sites. They fear...
Nextdoor scrambles to address QAnon after Capitol attack
For months, Nextdoor moderators have struggled with the challenge of addressing QAnon content on its neighborhood sites — but after last week’s deadly attack on...
Egypt court acquits TikTok stars jailed over ‘debauchery’
An Egyptian appeals court has acquitted two young women imprisoned for “attacking society’s values” over videos they published on TikTok. The women had been sentenced...
Turkish President Erdogan’s media office quits WhatsApp over privacy change
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s media office says it is quitting WhatsApp after the messaging app’s move to oblige many of its users to agree...
Algerian jailed for three years for political protest memes
A supporter of Algeria’s Hirak protest movement was sentenced to three years in jail Monday for satirical social media posts mocking the government and religion,...
Naira devalues to N410.25/$1 at official NAFEX window
There are indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have affected an adjustment in the foreign exchange rate that officially devalues the Naira...
Bitcoin heads for $29,000, quadrupling in value in 2020
Shutterstock This month alone, Bitcoin has surged almost 50 percent, putting it on track to make December its biggest month since 2019. Bitcoin it homing...