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    South Africa: WhatsApp may not share user data with Facebook

    By Agency Staff3 March 2021

    Facebook cannot share any contact information it collects from WhatsApp users with its other properties without first obtaining authorisation from South Africa’s Information Regulator, the agency has said..

    TV white spaces in South Africa is now ready for commercial lift-off

    By Duncan McLeod3 March 2021

    One of the last big hurdles in the way of the rapid commercial deployment of television white spaces Internet access technology in South Africa has fallen.

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    By Webber Wentzel3 March 2021

    There are plans to launch a class-action lawsuit to compel Uber to confer several key rights on its drivers, which, if successful, will affect the rights of platform workers in the country.

    The rest of the Web pays for Google and Facebook to be free

    By Alex Webb3 March 2021

    Google and Facebook make a lot of noise about how their main services are free to use. And it’s true, they are. But what they don’t highlight is their role in making almost everything else we consume online more expensive.

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    By Agency Staff3 March 2021

    South African civil servants demanded a pay rise that’s more than double the inflation rate, a week after finance minister Tito Mboweni insisted the government can’t afford increases.

    Microsoft says Chinese hackers targeted groups via Exchange

    By Agency Staff3 March 2021

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    Internet shutdowns plunge millions into ‘digital darkness’

    By Agency Staff3 March 2021

    India led the world last year in Internet shutdowns that affected hundreds of millions of people, as governments cracked down on political rivals and tried to suppress protests.

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