Tag: Facebook
Efficiency Over Expansion: Meta lays off 600 in AI division shake-up
Despite the job cuts, Meta has emphasized that it remains committed to its long-term AI ambitions, which include improving user…
How Facebook, misinformation, legal loopholes throw Nigerian women into surrogacy ditch
Jumoke Falade, a nurse practitioner at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, was shocked that surrogacy could be tagged “safe,” saying…
Sowore vows to fight ‘digital dictatorship’, sues DSS, Meta, X
Sowore's suit was in response to suit filed against him earlier on Tuesday by the Federal Government for allegedly cyberbullying…
Social Media Scandal: Nigerian woman dragged to court over defamatory Facebook post
Akanji is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, defamation, and publication of fake news. The charges were brought against her…
Bauchi: Bala Mohmmed in trouble for posting women’s photos on facebook
Bala Mohammed, a resident of Tambari Housing Estate, was charged with defamation of character. The prosecutor, ASP Zakari Mohammed, informed…
Breaking: Millions of Facebook, Instagram users logged out
As of the the time of this report, there has been no official from Meta the owners of the platform.
Big Tech poses ‘existential threat’ to UK journalism – Survey
Some 97 per cent of editors said the risks posed by AI-generated misinformation are “greater than ever before” in the…
Benue man Hassan Rayyamu in trouble over Facebook posts
Rayyamu, who allegedly made the post alongside others was also accused writing that Isa was having numerous criminal cases with…
Nigeria’s advertising agency gets court nod to serve Facebook in N30bn suit
ARCON is seeking a declaration that the publication of various advertisements and marketing communications materials targeted at Nigeria through Meta’s…
Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit
The four-year-old lawsuit alleged that Facebook violated consumer privacy laws by sharing personal data of users with third parties such…
Covid-19: Rabiu jailed over Facebook posts on deaths in Kogi
Kogi State Epidemiologist said that as at the time of the Facebook posting, the death rate was normal contrary to…
Nigeria issues new code of practice to Twitter, Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram, others
The code requires Internet platforms to “register with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and appoint a designated country representative to…
IPOB: Nigerian Govt meets Facebook team
Nigerian Government said despite the numerous complaints to Facebook on the activities of IPOB, nothing has been done by the…
Death to Russian invaders: Facebook eases violent speech rule
The policy decision from Facebook and Instagram's parent Meta was met immediately with controversy, but the social media giant defended…
Google, Meta face penalties in Russia over reopening of local offices
Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has obliged foreign social media companies with more than 500,000 daily users to…
Russia disables Facebook, arrests 6,000 war resisters
The London-based internet monitor NetBlocks reports that Facebook’s network of content-distribution servers in Russia was so badly restricted Sunday that…
Why Facebook empire is crumbling
Facebook built this huge empire thanks to the laws of network economics — network effects, first-mover advantage, lock-in. And then…
France imposes fines on Google, Facebook for cookie infringements
Google and Facebook are facing fines of tens of millions of euros for requiring users to click more often to…
Facebook makes society worse: New poll
The poll conducted by SSRS found that 76% of Americans believe Facebook worsens society, with 11% saying the opposite.
Zuckerberg rebrands Facebook Inc. as Meta
"The names of the apps that we build—Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp—will remain the same", Facebook Inc. said
Facebook to settle U.S. employment discrimination claims with $14.25m
The case centred on Facebook’s use of the so-called permanent labour certification called the PERM programme.
Trump sues Facebook again
Facebook found that Trump violated its content moderation rules, prompting it to ban him.
Nigerian teacher Peter Ogudoro wins Facebook award
The award by Facebook makes Ogudoro a member of the company’s elite group of 131 outstanding community managers in the…
Facebook says no evidence of data compromise, explains outage
Facebook says it has no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsAPP return with apology
Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps went dark at around noon Eastern time, triggering a record 10.6 million problem…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp offline globally
The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 10:45 CT. In Nigeria, the outage…
Court jails undergraduate for lottery scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command on Wednesday, secured the conviction of Udoh Sunday Okon for offences…
Trump drags Twitter, Facebook, Google to Miami court
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet's Google, as well as their CEOs…
Russia approves bill to register Twitter, Google, Facebook, others
Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislature, passed in the third reading a draft law binding major foreign IT…
NBC notifies Facebook, Instagram, others to register or be outlawed
The National Broadcasting Commission , NBC asks all social media platforms, such as Twitter or Facebook to register or be…