Uganda, Feb. 2 -- Social media is by far the largest mass media of all time, thanks to advances in information and communications technology (ICT) that has not only cut away distance and time as a barrier to communication in the world but has also reduced the world to the size of a human palm.

In the small hand-held device known as the smart phone, the world today communicates instantly on social media with billions receiving and sharing information. Just to comprehend its expanse, here are the numbers on the different social media platforms.

Facebook - 3 billion, X (Twitter) - 450 million, YouTube - 933 million, Tik-Tok - 1.7 billion, Instagram - 1.4 billion, WhatsApp - 2 billion, WeChat - 1.3 billion, Telegram - 800 million. Many mill...