‘ARCON is arguing that Meta Platforms Incorporated has continued to expose the FG to loss of revenue adverts’ The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria has lodged a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms and its agent – AT3 Resources Limited – at the Federal High Court, Abuja
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Facebook said Wednesday that people and publishers in Australia cannot share and view news from local and international outlets. The announcement is a response to proposed legislation in Australia that would force tech platforms to pay news publishers for content. “What the proposed law introduced in Australia fails to recognize is the fundamental nature of
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Facebook on Thursday blocked the United States President, Donald Trump, from the platform for at least two weeks. The development means the president will be unable to post on Facebook and Instagram until after the handover of power to President-elect, Joe Biden on January 20. The social network had originally imposed a 24-hour ban after
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Social media giants, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have frozen the accounts of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, following violent protests that erupted at the Capitol building while Congress leaders sat to certify the November 3 election win of Democrat candidate, Joe Biden. Reacting swiftly to the protests on Wednesday, the
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Facebook said Tuesday that it had removed two networks based in Russia and one linked to the French military, accusing them of carrying out interference campaigns in Africa. Two networks running multiple Facebook accounts were assigned to people associated with the Russian Internet Research Agency, and the third had “links to individuals associated with French
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The Katsina State government has banned the use of WhatsApp in all schools in the state, and also the use of Facebook by civil servants in government offices. In a circular issued on Tuesday, December 8, by the state government and signed by one Mohammed Sadda Dikko, on behalf of the Zonal Education Quality Assurance
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Facebook on Friday said it would be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, as part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa. Facebook, in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, said this would be its second office on the African continent.It said the opening of the new office was aimed at
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…Avatars include hundreds of global sticker packs and integrations with GIF providers and can also be shared across Facebook and Messenger JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Facebook today, launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express themselves online. Avatars are digital personas that enable people to engage across Facebook and Messenger in a more
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Facebook (www.Facebook.com) is expanding its Coronavirus Information Center to 24 more countries in Africa as part of its ongoing commitment to empowering people around the world with timely and accurate news from trusted health authorities. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center is featured at the top of News Feed and provides a central
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Lebanese authorities have questioned Wael Jerro for his Facebook post advertising sale of a Nigerian lady. Jerro in a Facebook post tagged Facebook marketplace – Buy & Sell In Lebanon (Original) الأصلي – with a Nigerian international passport belonging to one Peace Ufuoma, born on May 19, 1988. According to reports, the passport was issued
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has flayed Facebook Nigeria for allegedly shutting down the page of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in a statement, said the action was taken by Facebook Nigeria to diminish the growing popularity of Kanu in his cause. Powerful said the page had endeared Kanu to
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