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Holiday shoppers spend $1.2 trillion online

Online spending during the holiday season skyrocketed, as retailers tapped AI and autonomous agents to increase profit margins and customer experience.

Meta ditches fact-checking programme for community notes

The move comes as Mark Zuckerberg and other tech execs seek to improve relations with US president-elect Donald Trump before he takes office.

Meta adds penalty-avoidance programme for Instagram creators

This educational option allows users to correct their mistake for most first-time policy violations.

Meta rakes in $39bn revenue, with 3.27bn users

The social media company’s revenue was largely driven by advertising revenue in the quarter ended 30 June.

Temu, Shein winning over African shoppers

The Chinese multinational e-commerce sites gain popularity across Africa due to their affordable product offerings and free shipping.

Facebook maintains hold across brands, consumers

The Meta-owned platform remains at the top of the most used social media by SA organisations, while X declines dramatically.

The reality of cyber bullying in SA

This form of abuse severely affects a child’s identity and self-worth and often leads to long-term negative effects, says Candice Toprek, underwriting lead: personal cyber at iTOO Special Risks.

Meta establishes resource centre for SA elections

The online resource centre provides the South African government, political and non-profit partners with crucial election-related info.

Meta deploys tools to combat sextortion on Instagram

The social media giant unveils a suite of features aimed at ensuring a safer digital environment for its teenage users.

FSCA warns of scams targeting online investment firms

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority warns of criminals increasingly targeting online investment firms in SA.

X, Threads face large-scale user decline in 2024

Microblogging apps will lose millions of users, as they flock to video- and image-first sites such as TikTok, says Data.ai.

Meta’s Threads sees plummeting user engagement

A week since its launch, Threads is down to 23.6 million active daily users, or about 22% of Twitter’s audience.