In just 48 hours, Xiaohongshu gained 700,000 users. While, for the past two decades, China has progressively blocked all foreign social media, creating a censored internet...
Kibet criticized the platform for allowing users to create and operate pseudo accounts using aliases, fake names, and even the identities of others, including their photos.
RedNote is often regarded as a localised adaptation of Instagram in China. Its Chinese name Xiaohongshu translates to "Little Red Book" in English, a phrase which...
Under a ban, the US government would first direct Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, preventing new downloads as early as Sunday,...
RedNote is a TikTok competitor popular with young people in China, Taiwan and other Mandarin-speaking populations.
Senior Chinese officials are debating contingency plans involving TikTok’s future in the U.S. as part of larger discussions about working with President-elect Donald Trump, the report...
The law would ban TikTok in the U.S., unless it’s sold away from its Chinese parent company.
Fresh claims of alleged unfair pay for Africans working for Meta have emerged in a landmark battle pitting the social media giant and a Kenyan labour...
Google has released its Year in Search 2024 for Kenya offering insights into the topics, events and personalities that captured the nation’s interest throughout the year....
Australia passed a law on Thursday to ban social media for children aged under 16 after days of heated debate, setting a standard for other countries...
American satellite internet firm Starlink has suspended new subscriptions within Kenya’s capital and the neighbouring counties of Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu and Murang’a, citing a network overload...
A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles – a two followed by 36 zeroes – for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube. In...
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is seeking to register all mobile devices used in the country in a new push to ensure tax compliance. In a...
The proposed system aims to connect with crypto exchanges and marketplaces, enabling KRA to track and record transaction details, such as the date, time, type, and...
The overall satellite internet subscriptions in the country grew monumentally during the year from 405 as of June last year to 8,324 at the end of...
But the platform transferred the money into the wrong account, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who ordered the shutdown of X in August, said Friday.
Safaricom has over the years been Kenya’s leading telecommunications provider.
