Topic: Facebook
Senator Orwoba's call for stricter X regulation sparks outrage in Kenya
Oct 03, 2024 at 09:59 PM
Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba's recent proposal for stricter regulations on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has ignited a wave of anger among Kenyans....
Kenyan content creators raise hopes as Meta launches new monetisation tools
Aug 06, 2024 at 02:09 PM
Meta has unveiled two new monetisation features designed to benefit eligible creators in Kenya, providing them with opportunities to earn money through their content on Facebook....
Meta posts 22 per cent revenue growth to $39 billion in Q2 amid growth in AI
Aug 02, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has unveiled a strong financial performance for the second quarter, marked by soaring revenues and profits....
Meta's Facebook and WhatsApp soar as Kenya’s top social media titans
Jul 26, 2024 at 08:35 PM
In the ever-evolving world of social media, Kenyans are showing a clear preference for Facebook and WhatsApp, according to the latest Audience Measurement and Industry Trends repor...
WhatsApp reigns supreme in Kenya's evolving media landscape, MCK says
May 03, 2024 at 08:13 PM
A recent report by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) sheds light on the evolving media consumption habits in the country....
William Ruto announces bold initiatives to spur Kenya's creative economy
Apr 18, 2024 at 06:31 PM
President William Ruto has announced a series of bold investment initiatives aimed at propelling Kenya's creative economy into a new era of prosperity, fostering opportunities for ...
Kenyan content creators set to monetize with Facebook's Instream Ads from June
Mar 18, 2024 at 02:31 PM
In a significant development for Kenya's digital content landscape, social media giant Facebook, under its parent company Meta, has announced the imminent rollout of Instream ads, ...
Ruto says Facebook and Instagram to start paying content creators in Kenya
Dec 12, 2023 at 06:58 PM
Kenyan content creators may have a reason to smile after all, as President William Ruto declared that Facebook and Instagram, both under the META umbrella, will be compensating con...
Kenyan moderators claim exploitation by OpenAI, Sama in ChatGPT development
Jul 12, 2023 at 06:12 PM
A group of Kenyan content moderators, who played a significant role in developing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, claim to have been exploited and underpaid by Op...
Meta faces legal battle as moderators accuse Samasource of unlawful layoffs
May 11, 2023 at 10:02 PM
A legal battle between 184 moderators and Sama, a content moderation company, continues over allegations of unlawful mass layoffs at Facebook's moderation hub in Nairobi....
Zuckerberg's Meta to rolls out paid-for verification for Facebook and Instagram
Feb 20, 2023 at 08:14 AM
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new product, Meta Verified, that will first roll out this week in Australia and New Zealand....
Facebook user shares her heartwarming encounter with street kid at Sarit Centre
Feb 13, 2023 at 08:23 PM
Carolyne Onsongo, a Facebook user, has touched many Kenyans' hearts after sharing her encounter with a differently abled young man at the upscale Westgate Mall....
Man, 22, arrested for impersonating DP Gachagua, soliciting money on Facebook
Dec 19, 2022 at 03:09 PM
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for impersonating Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and obtaining an unknown amount of money under false pretence....
Facebook parent company Meta sends over 11,000 staff packing worldwide
Nov 09, 2022 at 08:40 PM
Facebook parent company Meta has laid off over 11,000 of its talented employees in its bid to downsize the team to about 13 per cent....
Why ex-Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has decided to quit Twitter, Facebook
Sep 14, 2022 at 04:55 PM
Former Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has announced his exit from the Twitter and Facebook social media platforms....
Ndindi Nyoro speaks on being Kenya Power's largest individual shareholder
Sep 12, 2022 at 04:42 PM
The report shared by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) revealed that the vocal UDA party lawmaker had tripled his shares from 9,116,800 shares at the end of June 2021....
Susan Kihika fights allegations that she is a Jubilee Party mole in DP Ruto's UDA
Apr 10, 2022 at 12:52 AM
Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika has denounced the allegations that she is a Jubilee party mole in Deputy President William Ruto’s UDA camp....
Keroche heiress Anerlisa Muigai to pay ex-boyfriend Sh2 million for defamation
Apr 08, 2022 at 12:30 PM
Justice Anthony Chitembwe has ruled that Keroche heiress Anerlisa Muigai pays her ex-boyfriend Ben Kangangi a sum of Sh2 million in a defamation case....
Facebook faces lawsuit over ‘exploitative’ working conditions in Nairobi office
Mar 30, 2022 at 12:16 AM
A probe by Time magazine revealed that Sama, Facebook’s largest moderating outsourcing firm, was underpaying employees for work that has caused some of them severe PTSD....
Cosmo Choy apologises to Mama Ngina, Kenyatta family for unsavoury tirade
Mar 25, 2022 at 02:23 PM
The leader of Abagusii Community in the United States Ombori Monari alias Cosmo Choy has issued a public apology to family of President Uhuru Kenyatta following the verbal tirade h...
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