Africa, Business Maverick, Sci-Tech, DM168

Nigeria slaps Meta with $290m in fines for invasive practices

by: Tolu Olarewaju and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada

Politics, South Africa, World, Maverick News

Echo chambers of misinformation — the Afrikaner Facebook groups chasing Trump’s refugee offer

by: Ernst Calitz

Maverick News

‘Careless People’ — the tell-all book that Facebook tried to ban

by: Rebecca Davis

South Africa, DM168

Joshlin Smith — TikTok, Gayton McKenzie and how the search became a social media circus

by: Vincent Cruywagen

Business Maverick, Crypto

SA Parliament's social media accounts hacked to promote the launch of $Ramaphosa token

by: Yeshiel Panchia

Op-eds

Foreign interest in Africa comes with damaging disinformation tactics

by: Kyle Hiebert

Sci-Tech, Maverick Life, Op-eds

How social media prepared us for AI, and how to get off the algorithmic junk food diet

by: Dean McCoubrey

DM168, Blog

The Tik Tok influencer who is a shining beacon of hope for print journalism in a dark worldwide web

by: Heather Robertson

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Revenge porn — In legal first for SA, court hits couple with millions in civil damages over social media sex video

by: Estelle Ellis

Business Maverick, South Africa

After the Bell: What is the connection between baboons and your right to privacy?

by: Tim Cohen

Business Maverick, Maverick News

Where do you get your news? Probably Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp or X

by: Georgina Crouth

Africa, South Africa, World

Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies’ self-evident values

by: Branko Brkic and Maria Ressa