South Africa relax virus lockdown restrictions
South Africa will move to lockdown alert level 1 from midnight on Sunday, 20 September. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement during a live address...
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Facebook blocks terminally ill Frenchman from streaming his death
Facebook said Saturday it would block the livestream of a Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who wanted to broadcast his death on the social...
US election: Facebook to ban political ads
Facebook says it will ban political advertising the week before the US election, one of its most sweeping moves against disinformation yet as CEO Mark...
Tunisia’s parliament approves a technocratic government
Tunisia’s parliament approved a technocratic government in a confidence vote on Wednesday, hoping to end months of political instability and focus on tackling worsening economic...
Frenkie de Jong: Leo Messi is still in Barcelona WhatsApp group
Frenkie de Jong has revealed that Lionel Messi remains in Barcelona players’ WhatsApp group chat despite recently asking to leave the club. Messi recently revealed...
TikTok chief Kevin Mayer quits after less than three months
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has left the company, less than three months after he joined the hit short video app, and U.S. General...
Facebook agrees to pay France €106 million in back taxes
US social media giant Facebook on Monday said it has agreed with the French government to pay €106m ($125m) in back taxes for its French...
TikTok sues Donald Trump administration over US ban
TikTok has sued President Donald Trump’s administration for banning transactions with parent company ByteDance. “The [Trump] administration ignored our extensive efforts to address its concerns,...
TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content
TikTok on Thursday said it has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a part of a mission to...
Court ruling paves the way for Facebook to settle its facial recognition lawsuit
Facebook won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data...