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Insta karma: Social media mobs’ retribution is deadly ‘digital vigilantism’

South Africa

Insta karma: Social media mobs’ retribution is deadly ‘digital vigilantism’

By Ufrieda Ho

South Africa’s weekly trends report to 5 November 2020

South Africa

South Africa’s weekly trends report to 5 November 2020

By Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change

TechCentral: We go inside the Guptabot fake news network

South Africa

TechCentral: We go inside the Guptabot fake news network

By Andrew Fraser

Defenders of the Gupta realm: South Africans join the bots and find all the usual suspe

South Africa

Defenders of the Gupta realm: South Africans join the bots and find all the usual suspe

By Marianne Thamm

#Hashtag Marc Lottering: A self-made man sweating the small stuff that matters

South Africa

#Hashtag Marc Lottering: A self-made man sweating the small stuff that matters

By Marianne Thamm

Paid Twitter: Manufacturing dissent, helping Guptas

South Africa

Paid Twitter: Manufacturing dissent, helping Guptas

By Daily Maverick Team

Newsdeck

French presidential hopeful has Marie Antoinette moment

By AFP

‘Hashtag Lottering!’: A riot of wit and wisdom

Maverick Life

‘Hashtag Lottering!’: A riot of wit and wisdom

By Lesley Stones

Newsdeck

Twitter's CEO making big product changes, but users not wowed

By Reuters

The Twitter world of #ZumaMustFall

South Africa

The Twitter world of #ZumaMustFall

By Kyle Findlay

The birth of a movement: #FeesMustFall on Twitter

South Africa

The birth of a movement: #FeesMustFall on Twitter

By Kyle Findlay

US government scrambles to provide access to Obamacare sites

World

US government scrambles to provide access to Obamacare sites

By Reuters