SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY OP-ED Let’s not have illusions over ANC conference election results, we need a reset 7 min 7 By Raymond Suttner
THE CONVERSATION Facebook and Instagram are stalking you on websites accessed via their apps - here’s how to protect your privacy 4 min 0 By David Tuffley
CRYPTOVERSE GUEST ESSAY Talking heads: An eruption of new technologies, coming to a public square near you 4 min 3 By Steven Boykey Sidley
CORPORATE RESULTS Facebook owner Meta posts first quarterly drop in revenue as fortunes in digital ad sales diverge 2 min 0 By Reuters
PROFILE PROLIFERATION Facebook testing ways to allow users to have up to five profiles tied to one account 1 min 0 By Reuters
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS Social media vigilantism is dangerously alive and trending in South Africa 4 min 0 By Karen Allen, Lizette Lancaster and Thato Machabaphala
SATIRE Praise the Lord and pass the algorithm – the day I learnt that not every computer program has special plans for me 4 min 0 By Shaun de Waal
AFTER THE BELL The great tech sea-change, in which the tide kinda goes out but also doesn’t 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
Sandberg ends her time at Meta Sheryl Sandberg Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
DATA COLONIALISM OP-ED AU-EU collaboration is a positive step to protect African digital sovereignty 4 min 0 By David Monyae
OPEN SECRETS What’s at stake in the GovChat vs Meta personal information ‘data war’? 6 min 0 By Abby May and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
BOOK EXTRACT Citizen And Pariah: Somali Traders and the Regulation of Difference in South Africa 5 min 0 By Vanya Gastrow
MONOPOLY ABUSE REFERRAL SA’s Competition Commission wants max penalty for Meta Platforms (Facebook) 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR The rise and rise of the Chinese banking system on the road to global domination 4 min 1 By Julia Evans
