Brazil Prosecutors Seek Meta Block on Fake Ballot Video
Brazil's electoral prosecutors asked the TSE to make Meta stop a fake ballot video spreading on WhatsApp at election time...
October 4, 2026Topic
Social Media
YouTube Cuts Reach of Re-uploaded Shorts in Africa
YouTube will reduce recommendations for re-uploaded Shorts, a global policy with sharp consequences for African creators who rely on repost...
October 4, 2026
Brazil: Fake Flávio Bolsonaro ‘Patroness’ Claim Nears 1 Million Posts
A fake claim that Flávio Bolsonaro would strip Brazil's patron saint of her title hit nearly 1 million posts; he...
September 27, 2026
Tanzania Social Media Tax Rules Start 1 July 2026
Tanzania social media tax rules now require businesses to display tax identifiers publicly, creating 3 clear privacy and cybersecurity risks...
August 13, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court Set to Uphold TikTok Ban
US Supreme Court likely to uphold TikTok ban by January 2025 citing national security risks from Chinese ownership. Analysis from...
January 10, 2025
Brazil is the country with the third most social network users in the world
A Comscore survey shows that Brazil is the 3rd country that consumes the most social networks globally.
March 14, 2023
How smartphones and social media create a schizophrenic-like state
Many people spend more time staring at screens than interacting with the real world. Hour-upon-hour, day-after-day, it is just eyes...
February 21, 2023
During this presidential election, Brazilians are bombarded with half-truths, rumors and lies like never before
Less than four days before the second round of the presidential elections on Oct. 30, Brazilians are bombarded with half-truths
October 26, 2022
Governments are increasingly aggressive in demanding censorship and disclosure of user data from Twitter
It's not just only the wrongly called "fact checkers", often nothing more than PR agencies of powerful interest groups who...
August 1, 2022