Digital platforms have revolutionized how people communicate across distances and time zones. Instant messaging apps — WhatsApp with over 3 billion users, WeChat with 1.3 billion, Telegram, and Signal — have made real‑time text, voice, and video communication instantaneous and nearly free regardless of geographic location. Video conferencing tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet have transformed how we work, learn, and socialize, becoming essential during the COVID‑19 pandemic and remaining central to hybrid work models. Social media networks — Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X (formerly Twitter) — connect billions, enabling the sharing of ideas, culture, news, and personal updates at unprecedented scale.