Social media

Nigeria businesses urged to leverage technology for competitive edge

Nigeria businesses have been urged at the recently held Social Media Week 2018 in Lagos to leverage technology for information gathering…

Facebook tests downvote button for flagging comments

How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users? By letting them downvote inappropriate comments to hide them. Facebook is now…

Germany’s antitrust enforcer accuses Facebook of unfair competition in data collection

Germany’s top antitrust enforcer is going after Facebook with a new interpretation of competition law, saying the way it harvests…

Facebook hits back at former executive over statement on site ‘destroying how society works’

Facebook has responded to a former executive who said the social network, and other services like it was "ripping society…

Facebook site ‘destroying how society works,’ former top executive says

A former Facebook executive said he feels "tremendous guilt" over the creation of the social networking site, according to report…

Do social media threaten democracy?

In 1962 a British political scientist, Bernard Crick, published “In Defence of Politics”. He argued that the art of political…