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Signal isn’t top-secret safe — Here’s why

Maverick Life

Signal isn’t top-secret safe — Here’s why

By Frederick Scholl

Foreign interest in Africa comes with damaging disinformation tactics

Op-eds

Foreign interest in Africa comes with damaging disinformation tactics

By Kyle Hiebert

The Durov/Telegram case — what does an arrest at a French airport mean for the future of free speech?

Business Maverick

The Durov/Telegram case — what does an arrest at a French airport mean for the future of free speech?

By Steven Boykey Sidley

WhatsApp company apologises for global outage as memes flood the internet

World

WhatsApp company apologises for global outage as memes flood the internet

By Reuters

Terrorist content of social media and tech in West Africa must be contained

Africa

Terrorist content of social media and tech in West Africa must be contained

By Karen Allen

To WhatsApp, or not to WhatsApp: Safeguard your data — the law is on your side

Business Maverick

To WhatsApp, or not to WhatsApp: Safeguard your data — the law is on your side

By Sizwe Snail ka Mtuze and Stephen Newman

Antisocial Media

ZAPIRO

Antisocial Media

By Stephen Francis & Rico

Why you don’t need to join the great WhatsApp migration

South Africa

Why you don’t need to join the great WhatsApp migration

By Staff Reporter

Australia Passes Encryption Law Targeting WhatsApp, Signal

World

Australia Passes Encryption Law Targeting WhatsApp, Signal

By Bloomberg

Newsdeck

Another French teen investigated for alleged terror ambitions

By AFP