A Sandton man embroiled in a Facebook race row attempted to delete his controversial comments that landed him in hot water on Sunday. Ben Sasonof had posted comments on a picture of a packed Durban beachfront at the weekend. He wrote: “Eh eh Wena…must have smelt like the inside of[…]
Editors from two Palestinian news publications based in the occupied West Bank say their Facebook accounts were suspended last week and that no reason was provided, alleging their pages may have been censored because of a recent agreement between the US social media giant and the Israeli government aimed at[…]
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) joined the chorus of condemnation against a racist Facebook rant allegedly penned by Facebook user Matthew Theunissen. Sanco has called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to probe hate speech after the remark sparked anger on social media platforms. This follows[…]
The ANC in the Western Cape told disgruntled members to stay off Facebook in the aftermath of a fallout over its troubled leadership. “Desist!” said acting chairperson in the province, Khaya Magaxa, after Marius Fransman took to Facebook to complain about the way he was being treated while a sexual[…]
Islamic State has released a 25-minute video featuring the faces of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg being riddled with mock bullet holes. Isis has begun to respond with increasing urgency as Facebook and Twitter have attempted to block terrorist content on the network. Representatives from both[…]
A social media storm is brewing after a KwaZulu-Natal south coast estate agent called New Year’s Day beachgoers “monkeys”. Penny Sparrow had made the inflammatory post on Facebook, which prompted a mass reaction on social networking sites. In her post she wrote: “These monkeys that are allowed to be released[…]
A Facebook page allegedly publishing photos from within Pollsmoor prison is causing a stir, with the Western Cape Department of Community Safety now demanding an investigation into its authenticity. The page, which was reportedly started in January and has since garnered over 3000 likes, has raised question marks as to[…]
Three inmates at the Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town who opened a Facebook page and posted images of themselves in jail, will face disciplinary action soon, the Department of Correctional Services said on Friday. “An investigation has been opened, and a joint operation, comprising correctional services and other law enforcement[…]
A Cape Town woman never imagined that leaving a comment on an online news story would result in a troll scattering her photo and identity around Facebook, with the claim that she was recruiting for the terror group ISIS (Islamic State). Berenice Vietri, 45, told News24 on Tuesday that she[…]
Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered authorities to block access in the country to Facebook pages that “insult” the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), in the latest move to censor the Internet. The Anadolu Agency says a court in Ankara issued the order late Sunday. The court also threatened[…]
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