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• Facebook EU Operations In Doubt

  As we all know, online privacy, the security of user data, and the use which that data is put to have become significant issues at this stage of the evolution of our digital…

• Facebook Grants For SA

  If you own a small business in South Africa, and have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, you may be eligible for a grant from Facebook of up to R24,482 in cash, and R14,689…

• eCommerce Surges Under Lock-Down

  While many, perhaps even most, businesses in South Africa have found themselves struggling under the national lock-down, (one of the harshest in the world), eCommerce in SA has…

• POPI Compliance Deadline Set

  Although promulgated into law in 2013, the Protection of Personal Information Act, (or POPI Act) has been in only limited effect for the past 7 years, never really going past the…

• POPI Adoption Expected Soon

  Although parts of the POPI (Protection Of Personal Information) Act have technically been in force for some time already, the remaining (and most important) provisions have not…

• Leaked Facebook Emails Reveal Poor Data Practices

  According to internal messages leaked from Facebook earlier this month, top-level employees strategised about how they could leverage the vast quantity of user data Facebook…

• 525 Million Africans Online

  According to data compiled by marketing firm Miniwatts, and sourced from Nielsen Online, the International Telecommunications Union, GfK and local regulators, an estimated 525…

• Facebook Currency A Potential Economic Threat

  Late last month, following an on-going series of leaks about the project, Facebook officially announced its plans to launch their own, in-platform cryptocurrency, to be known as…

• Facebook CEO Facing Unprecedented Threat

  Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, Facebook Chairman, and controlling shareholder, has always made a point of ensuring that his power over Facebook is effectively unassailable, an…

• Facebook To Get Biggest Ever Redesign

  At the end of last month, Facebook announced that it would be getting what will probably be the biggest ever redesign of the platform in 15 years. The new look was officially…

• Intel Chip Security Flaws Patched

  Earlier this month, researchers released information revealing a flaw in almost every Intel chip manufactured since 2011 that made it possible to harvest sensitive data, including…

• Britain Seeks Leading Role In Regulating Social Media

  The internet has traditionally been seen as largely "ungovernable" thanks to its decentralised nature and the potential (fast decreasing) for anonymity. A popular description for…