by Contributed | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog, Press Release
Amazon today filed legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups that attempt to orchestrate fake reviews on Amazon in exchange for money or free products. These groups are set up to recruit individuals willing to post incentivized and...
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2022 | Blog
Tanzania will introduce a digital tax this year, the country’s finance minister said, in a move targeting global internet giants offering services in the East African nation. The two-percent tax will come into effect in July and follows similar attempts by...
by Contributed | May 20, 2022 | Blog
Jungmi Jun, University of South Carolina and Ali Zain, University of South Carolina The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea In countries with lower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccination rates, mentions of side effects and negative...
by Contributed | May 13, 2022 | Blog
Kathryn Buchanan, University of Essex; Gillian Sandstrom, University of Essex; Lara Aknin, Simon Fraser University, and Shaaba Lotun, University of Essex Picture this: it’s April 2020, you’re between Zoom meetings, and scrolling through your social media newsfeed....
by Contributed | May 6, 2022 | Blog
By Hillary ORINDE In a nondescript office north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, social media influencer Ian James Mwai constantly glances at his two mobile phones, wary of missing an opportunity to promote the political party he works for. The 23-year-old is in the...
