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Beverley Houston, director at Be-cause Integrated Communications says Meta’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads is bad news for brands (image supplied)

Media Freedom

EXCLUSIVE: Meta's farewell to fact-checking; 6 recommendations for brands

Beverley Houston 17 Jan 2025

Source: © World Kings Meta's platforms Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes

Media Freedom

Meta's Zuckerberg's shift on fact-checking: A "sprint" to appease a new president?

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jan 2025

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Cyber Law

Social media personality appears in court

15 Jan 2025

Social Media

What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism?

Craig Robertson 27 Dec 2024

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The number of people living alone has grown steadily over the past few decades. Brands have a real opportunity to target this audience

Marketing & Media

Marketers optimistic as Warc forecasts global ad spend of $1.15tr in 2025

13 Nov 2024

Source: © Avid Following a settlement, the details of which have not been disclosed, Unilever has been dropped from the lawsuit by X

Advertising

Is Elon Musk winning the legal war or losing the ad battle as Unilever and X settle

Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf This month AI in Advertising examines a key topic in AI: the state of regulation and all the legal issues that this topic raises

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: How AI regulation is shaping the future of advertising and its impact

Jarred Cinman 16 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf TikTok has launched its inaugural Safety Advisory Council and the expansion of its #SaferTogether community education campaign

Digital

TikTok SSA Safety Advisory Council an industry-first

23 Aug 2024

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Legislation

Green light for law criminalising hate crimes, hate speech

10 May 2024

UMG will pull its music off TikTok from 1 February. Source: Ivan Smokov/Pexels

Mobile & Apps

UMG rejects TikTok’s deal, says platform underpays artists and promotes AI

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2024

Advertising

Apple, Disney and other big brands are pulling X ads – why Elon Musk’s latest ‘firestorm’ could bring down the company

Denitsa Dineva 11 Dec 2023

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Legislation

Parliament passes key Bills

7 Dec 2023

Social Media

Disinformation is part and parcel of social media’s business model, new research shows

Carlos Diaz Ruiz 24 Nov 2023

Source: © Shift Delete It is reported that Apple is pulling all its adverts from X following the endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory by Elon Musk

Media Freedom

Apple follows IBM in pulling all adverts from X, after Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory

20 Nov 2023

More women and gay men under attack after Twitter rebrand

Mobile & Apps

More women and gay men under attack after Twitter rebrand

31 Oct 2023

Social Media

X/Twitter: imposing a $1 bot tax on new customers will only make the platform's problems worse

Hamza Mudassir 27 Oct 2023

File photo: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken 15 February 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Labour Law & Unions

Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

Branding

Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded - but X missed the mark

Matthew Pittman 11 Aug 2023

Woolworths Pride campaign sparks calls for boycott

Retail Marketing

Woolworths Pride campaign sparks calls for boycott

5 Jun 2023

Source: © Unesco The 2023 Unesco / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian women journalists

Media Freedom

Unesco/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to 3 imprisoned Iranian women journalists

3 May 2023

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Human Rights Law

Public display of old SA flag is hate speech, rules SCA

Tania Broughton 25 Apr 2023

Social Media

Does Twitter Inc. no longer exist?

12 Apr 2023

Source: © Cottonbro Studio TikTok has refreshed Community Guidelines to take effect on 21 April

Social Media

TikTok updates community guidelines

5 Apr 2023

Media

Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts in the country after al Qaeda interview

Hereward Holland, Gareth Jones 27 Mar 2023

Social Media

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country's court rules

Ayenat Mersie 7 Feb 2023

Social Media

Meta urged to boost Africa content moderation as contractor quits

Nita Bhalla 25 Jan 2023

Advertising

Report: Twitter hit by 40% revenue drop after ad pause

19 Jan 2023

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Fashion & Homeware

Nike benches partnership with Kyrie Irving

14 Nov 2022

Social Media

What is Mastodon, the 'Twitter alternative' people are flocking to? Here's everything you need to know

Nataliya Ilyushina 8 Nov 2022

Social Media

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

Diana Bossio 4 Nov 2022

Source © Ion Chiosea It’s important not to get distracted by platform metrics, but to rather stay focused on the post click results

Digital

Why you should focus on verified end results, not just platform metrics

Grant Lapping 3 Nov 2022

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Fashion & Homeware

Adidas severs ties with Kanye West following antisemitic comments

25 Oct 2022

Sameer Kumandan, managing director of SearchWorks

HR Tools & Software

Pre-employment background checks: Are your potential hires who they say they are?

24 Oct 2022

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Legislation

Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Media & Entertainment Law

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

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Media & Entertainment Law

What SA's new internet laws mean for social media indiscretions

Peter Olyott 30 Sep 2022

Media Freedom

Meta has 7 days to comply with Kenya's cohesion watchdog

1 Aug 2022

Many Zimbabweans may find themselves unlawfully in the country from 1 January 2023, unless the Helen Suzman Foundation wins a case it has launched. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Understanding the Zimbabwean permit case

Tania Broughton 20 Jun 2022

Source: © tmz.com

Social Media

Twitter: The digital town square of free speech?

Danette Breitenbach 26 Apr 2022

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Media & Entertainment Law

SA Films and Publications Amendment Act comes into force

Janet MacKenzie 4 Mar 2022

Law against harmful online content comes into effect

Internet

Law against harmful online content comes into effect

4 Mar 2022