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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

TechCrunch

Our vision is to create these feedback loops between teacher and learner and parent and school that embraces virtuous cycles and feed themselves to the betterment of the educational system.”. Shagaya offered no comment on that speculation. So we’re not supplemental from that point of view. African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

That’s one reason why the video is still technically allowed on Facebook — it’s just placed under a fact-checking warning, and will not get wide distribution in the feed. Send us tips, comments, questions, and better puns than “indoctornation”: casey@theverge.com and zoe@theverge.com. Makena Kelly / The Verge ). Talk to us.

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

But the conversations stalled because taking down QAnon-related groups, pages and accounts could feed into the movement’s conspiracy theory that social media companies are trying to silence them, the people said. Instagram is now placing ads at the end of the feed, where the “You’re All Caught Up” notice sits. Talk to us.

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