As of October 2020, 4.14 billion people across the planet are social media users, equating to 53 percent of the total global population.

Facebook and Google are fast becoming "human rights-free zones" in Vietnam, Amnesty International warned Tuesday, accusing the tech titans of helping censor peaceful dissent and political expression in the country.Communist Vietnam has long jailed its critics but has come under fire in recent years for targeting users on Facebook, a popular forum for activists in the country where all independent media is banned.The social network admitted earlier this year that it was blocking cont

As early as February, with the global pandemic spreading fast, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning about an "infodemic," a wave of fake news and misinformation about the deadly new disease on social media.Now with hopes hanging on COVID-19 vaccines, the WHO and experts are warning those same phenomena may jeopardise roll-out of immunisation programmes meant to bring an end to the suffering."The coronavirus disease is the first pandemic in history in which techn

Social media has become an essential facet in many societies.

A recent poll found that one in three Americans would not be willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, while anti-vaxxers have reportedly gained at least 7.8 million new social media followers since 2019. Like the pandemic itself, anti-vax misinformation and rumours know no borders.

Social media has become an essential communication tool for most people.

Social media, digital media, collaborative platforms and the like, have become an essential facet and feature in many democratic societies.

According to US-based management consulting firm, McKinsey, Generation Z (Gen Z) is the cohort born between 1995 and 2010, and are currently between the ages of nine and 24-years old.Gen Z is entering the workforce and business leaders must stay ahead to harness this new wave’s talents and appeal to their interests.According to an article by data and measurement firm, Nielsen titled, ‘How to engage with Generation Z in Vietnam,’ Gen Z will account for 25 percent of the labour workforce in the

The United States (US) has fired a new salvo in its rivalry with China, ordering sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media stars TikTok and WeChat.Here are some key facts about the platforms:What Is WeChat?WeChat, known as "weixin" or micro-message in Chinese, belongs to tech giant Tencent and has grown to become ubiquitous in daily life across China since its 2011 launch.It has more than a billion monthly users and is a "super app" used for everything from

President Donald Trump is days away from announcing strong action against the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok to protect United States (US) national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.He said TikTok and other Chinese software companies operating in the US, such as WeChat, feed personal data on American citizens directly to the Chinese Communist Party. For years the US has put up with this because Americans felt "we're having fun with it,&quo