Ethiopia’s government is building its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom, the state’s communications security agency said on Monday. While the government doesn’t ...

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen shocked US senators on Tuesday 5 October after she testified that the social media giant is well aware of the negative impacts of the site, including “ethnic ...

Hate and division on Facebook are not just a problem in the U.S. That's one of the messages whistleblower Frances Haugen took to Congress last week, where she accused Facebook's algorithms of quote, ...

June 16 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc FB.O said on Wednesday it had removed a network of fake accounts in Ethiopia targeting domestic users ahead of next week's elections, which it linked to individuals ...

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook (FB.O), opens new tab, Twitter (TWTR.N), opens new tab and WhatsApp, though it does not ...

Facebook actively fueled ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s civil war by prioritizing hateful and dangerous content, then not moderating that content fast enough, or sometimes at all, says a new lawsuit ...

During much-anticipated testimony Tuesday before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen repeatedly pointed outside of the country for examples of how the ...

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest dam in September 2025 and officially opened an oil refinery a month later, events which have been the subject of online disinformation. Videos circulating widely ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O), opens new tab said on Thursday it would "assess the feasibility" of commissioning an independent human rights assessment into its work in ...

Ethiopia recently accused Eritrea of collaborating with rebels from the northern Tigray region amid increasing instability in ...