TikTok Founder Becomes China’s Richest Man
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China’s…
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TikTok tightens safety net in Africa as user base expands
TikTok is taking new steps to protect its growing African user base by launching its first-ever Safety Advisory…
The rise of Africa’s Gen Zs: From TikTok, X to the streets
On June 18, 2024, thousands of young Kenyans took to the streets to oppose proposed tax reforms, marking a…
Meta confirms launch of a bonus program for creators on…
Meta’s Threads social network passed the 150 monthly users mark recently, but the company is not slowing down its…
U.S Senate approves bill to ban TikTok
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would ban TikTok nationwide unless Chinese parent company …
TikTok owner ByteDance is now bigger than Tencent
ByteDance’s profit surged roughly 60% in 2023, outpacing the growth of online peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba…
The Cove:The Christian nightclub that prohibits twerking,…
A new Christian nightclub called The Cove has opened up in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The nightclub is the…
New York City sues social media platforms over youth mental…
New York City is suing a handful of social media networks, alleging their platforms’ designs exploit young users’…
Twitter sued $250m over copyright-infringement
Members of America’s National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) sued Twitter for copyright infringement in…
Is social media your enabler or destroyer?
On May 15, 2023, when a boisterous crowd of Nigerians on and off social media were urging their own Hilda Baci on…
Nigerian TikTokers sentenced to whipping for mocking…
Two TikTok stars in Nigeria have been sentenced to a whipping and forced to clean the court after they used…