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Viral #CharcoalChallenge Spreads Across South Africa [Videos]
10 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Get ready for the #charcoalchallenge, which is apparently taking social media by storm for reasons that will forever remain a mystery.
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Facebook Insider Exposes Cult-Like Always Happy Facade
10 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Former Facebook employees have exposed the way that the social media company forces certain behaviours in exchange for career advancement.
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Facebook, Genuinely, Does Not Care
14 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Journalists working as fact-checkers for Facebook are claiming that the social media platform has ignored their concerns, and failed to use their expertise to combat misinformation.
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Everything We Know About TikTok – The App Beating Facebook, YouTube And Amazon In The App Store [Videos]
22 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is the most popular free download in the App Store in the US, and it shows no signs of slowing down.
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Jim Carrey Sends Message In Binary To Mark Zuckerberg – Here’s What It Means
16 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Jim Carrey is using his art to attack Facebook by sending Mark Zuckerberg a pic and a rude message in binary code on Twitter.
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New SA Cybercrimes Bill: Three Types Of WhatsApp Messages That Could Land You In Jail
13 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Parliament’s Justice Committee adopted the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill last week, which means that you could end up in jail if you contravene a few laws.
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California Mass Shooter’s Ominous Final Facebook Post
09 Nov 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re all tired of hearing the ‘thoughts and prayers’ rubbish that politicians spread after a deadly mass shooting. So too was the gunman.
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Why Did The Salmon Cross The Road? Viral Video Reveals The Answer
08 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
A viral video on Facebook shows hundreds of salmon crossing a road at high speeds in Washington. They’re clearly thirsty.
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Facebook Just Can’t Stop Posting White Supremacist Ads
05 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Facebook has apologised again after it approved an ad campaign geared at white nationalists like the man who attacked a Pittsburgh synagogue.
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They Finally Found The Couple From That Viral Engagement Photo
30 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Remember that photographer who captured the perfect engagement shot, but couldn’t find the couple? This one has a happy ending.
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Facebook Is Trying To Stop Your Idiot SA Friends From Forwarding You Fake News
05 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Yesterday, Facebook launched its anti-fake-news tools in South Africa, which will allow users to report fake news and have it flagged.
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Why You Should Be Worried About The Latest Massive Facebook Breach
03 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Facebook was hacked last week, which compromised at least 50 million accounts. Turns out it’s far worse than we initially thought.
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Spare A Thought For The Moderators At Dating Websites And Facebook – Now Dealing With PTSD
28 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
We all know that Facebook depicts the very worst of human behaviour. Now imagine having to sift through all the uploads for a living.
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There Is No Love Lost Between The WhatsApp Co-Founder And Mark Zuckerberg
27 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has come clean about his reservations about Facebook’s intentions for the messaging app, and his various run-ins with the company.
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Why Facebook May Not Survive Without Instagram
26 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Instagram is growing at a far more rapid rate than Facebook, and the sudden resignation of Instagram’s co-founders could seriously impact Facebook going forward.
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John Oliver On Why Facebook Is A Toilet [Video]
25 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
John Oliver confirms what we already knew to be true – Facebook is a toilet. Especially when it comes to their failed efforts to regulate hate speech.
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Apple’s Facebook Punch Signals The Beginning Of The End For Creepy ‘Programmatic Advertising’
17 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
By now, it isn’t news that Facebook and other companies track your browsing habits. Two browsers want to help you fight back in the “privacy arms race”.
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Mass Exodus – It’s Interesting To See Which Age Groups Can’t Let Go Of Facebook
06 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
New data from the Pew Research Center has revealed a surprising generational gap, as more and more people leave Facebook and delete the app from their phones.
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Customers Are Raging On Spree’s Facebook Page
04 Sep 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I would hate to be the person responsible for running Spree’s Facebook page right now, because it’s turned into a bit of a bloodbath.
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The Fine Line Between ‘Targeted Advertising’ And ‘Predatory Advertising’
27 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Facebook found itself in hot water recently, when it was revealed that their algorithms were targeting people with messages that could be harmful to their health.
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Things Have Gone From Bad To Worse For The Local Poet Who Outed That WhatsApp Porn Group
24 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
After poet Martie Wessels posted pictures of the members of a WhatsApp porn group on Facebook, she started receiving death threats. Since then, things have worsened.
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Local Poet Receives Death Threats After She Outs WhatsApp Porn Group Members
22 Aug 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
If you think our headline is odd, consider the News24 headline: “Christian poet harassed by porn WhatsApp groups run by a ‘mentally challenged’ rabbit farmer”.
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EWN’s ‘ISIS Troll’ Banned From Facebook Page
21 Aug 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
Police are investigating a case of common assault, after a woman was trolled on the EWN Facebook page. The troll in question is still on the loose.
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UCT Lecturer In Hot Water After Truly Disturbing Facebook Posts
15 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Arthur Mabentsela is facing a disciplinary hearing at UCT, after he posted on Facebook that he has considered raping his two-year-old daughter.
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Screenshots From Facebook’s New Dating Feature, Where ‘Non-Binary’ Is A Gender Option
06 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Move aside Tinder, because Facebook is releasing an online dating site. It’s already bringing people together over at the social media giant’s HQ.
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This Zoo Tried To Pass Off A Donkey As A Zebra And Failed Hard [Images]
27 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
An eagle-eyed student had been taking pictures at the zoo when he noticed that something looked incredibly off about a certain “zebra”.
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Ard Or Arno? Local Influencer Drops Ball In Chance Airport Meeting [Images]
16 Jul 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When you meet one of your favourite musicians, it’s natural to snap a selfie. Just make sure you know who you’re talking about when you post to social media.
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There Is A Strong Durban Connection To The Thai Cave Rescue [Images]
11 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Elon Musk might have tried his utmost to offer assistance in the rescuing of the Thai boys, but this chap deserves all the plaudits.
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ANC Torn Apart On Social Media After Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony For Outside Toilet [Images]
10 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
The ANC is being dragged by social media users, after images of their ribbon-cutting ceremony for an outside toilet did the rounds.
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People Are Accusing Meghan Of Breaking Royal Protocol [Video]
29 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 2 Comments
Footage of Meghan Markle at one of the Queen’s events has some royal fanatics up in arms. Talk about a storm in a bloody teacup.
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