New functionality called “Community” is being added to the app of WhatsApp, a platform owned by Meta and used worldwide. The popular messaging service has been active this year, and the most recent feature addition is a new Communities option that appears next to the standard Chats page on the iOS and Android apps. The …
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WhatsApp now lets you send photos and videos that can only be viewed once by recipients. The new change initially started rolling out to the iPhone users through a new WhatsApp version on Tuesday. However, shortly thereafter, the instant messaging app announced its rollout for all users, including the ones on Android. WhatsApp has been testing the ‘View Once’ feature for some time to essentially enable photos and videos to disappear from the chat after they are viewed by the recipient.
Nearly nine in ten (84%) of Ghanaian youth polled suggest that the rise of ‘fake news’ breaking out across their country and around the continent has impacted their ability to stay informed, according to the African Youth Survey (AYS). Commissioned by the South African-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, the survey also indicates that leading social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp were deemed untrustworthy by over one-third of Ghana’s youth population (37% and 35%, respectively).
WhatsApp is rolling out a new way for users to fact-check forwarded messages for misinformation, after several months testing the new feature.
GovChat is South Africa’s largest civic engagement platform accessible online, on any mobile handset and feature phones allows governments to speak and connect with citizens at NO cost. A South African civic technology platform; GovChat that helps governments engage with citizens, will officially be launched in Ghana on 12 December 2018. This initiative comes after …
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