Trendjacking and real-time marketing: the new weapon brands are betting...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Over the past few months, the internet has been on fire over a handful of viral images. On one side, a marriage proposal filmed...
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Facebook’s profile lock is sparking distrust, not just security 🔒
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Depuis l’intégration de la fonctionnalité de verrouillage de compte sur Facebook, de nombreux internautes ont volontairement adopté cette option de confidentialité renforcée. Mais cet...
Heat, blackouts, traffic: in Cameroon, the pocket fan has an...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Small enough to fit in a handbag, a pocket, or the palm of a hand, pocket fans are quietly taking over Cameroon. Rechargeable, silent,...
From outrage to action: how Cameroonians mobilize online 📱🇨🇲
Cliquez ici pour lire en français These days, it takes only minutes for a local tragedy to ripple across all of Cameroon. A Facebook post, a TikTok video, a WhatsApp...
Child safety: Meta AI starts flagging teen distress signals 🛡️
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Meta has announced a new feature that notifies parents when a teenager brings up suicide or self-harm in a conversation with Meta AI. Rolling...
Egypt: TikTok provides technological support to protect children from cybercrime...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On July 10, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Raafat Hendy, met with Emir Gelen, TikTok’s Executive Director of Public Policy for the...
From a tweet to a diplomatic row: the World Cup’s...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The day after France beat Paraguay in the round of 16, the internet once again became the main stage for racism in international football....
Inside Madagascar’s plan to shut down obscene website 🔒 🇲🇬
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Digital regulation is becoming a defining tech story across Africa. In Madagascar, the uncontrolled spread of obscene online content has become a problem the...
Happy birthday 2.0: How social media reinvented celebrations in Cameroon...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Technology — and social media in particular — has quietly rewritten how people celebrate birthdays. Gone are the days when a phone call was...
Online petitions in Cameroon: does a click really shake the...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In Cameroon, it now takes just a few clicks to back a cause, call out an injustice, or put pressure on the authorities. Once...