A new social media filter has been launched to prevent users from receiving unsolicited naked pictures. On Friday the plugin – called Safe DM – which blocks and deletes pictures of penises sent via direct message became available to Twitter users. Developer Kelsey Bressler came up with the idea after she received an unwanted nude…
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech. Citing China, Mr Zuckerberg also warned excessive control risked stifling individual expression. He was speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Social media giants like…
China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide. New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they were counted but have been falling ever since. In total more than…
The German economy had another very weak three months at the end of last year, according to official figures. Gross domestic product (GDP), the total production of goods and services, was almost unchanged from the previous quarter. Germany is very exposed to the tensions in international trade, and the weak new figures partly reflect a fall…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe last night dismissed social media reports that it had devalued local currency. In a statement, central bank governor John Mangudya said the public should disregard “with the contempt it deserves, the false and mischievous article”. “The intention of such disinformation is to cause panic and despondency, and ultimately destabilise the…
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has refuted claims by Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi that the corruption buster has been captured by cartels. Hodzi recently alleged in Bulawayo that some sections in the Judiciary, the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the National Prosecuting Authority and Zacc had been ensnared by cartels. But speaking to journalists at the…
FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko’s abuse of office trial failed to kick off yesterday after he tendered an application for exception to the charge, arguing that it was vague and unsustainable. Mphoko is being accused of illegally ordering the release of two suspects David Norupiri and Moses Juma from lawful custody during his tenure of…
THE Prosecutor-Generals’ office has filed a High Court application seeking to confiscate property belonging to an ex-Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official, after he failed to explain the source of his wealth following a lifestyle audit carried out by the organisation. An application against Darlington Makosa and the City of Kadoma in terms of Section 80…
THE ugly factional and tribal wars that continue to consume the MDC are giving under pressure opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, ‘‘many a sleepless night’’, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s second biggest political party is witnessing escalating chaos among its structures nationally — some of which has readily been admitted to…
LEGISLATORS yesterday grilled Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira over the astronomical student fees that were recently introduced by the government. This comes as students have threatened to demonstrate against the increases, unless the government reviews its decision to hike the fees — at a time most parents are reeling from the country’s worsening…
