THE Federal Government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, says the threat by WhatsApp to exit Nigeria due to the Commission’s recent order will not exonerate the company from the outcome of a judicial process. In…
PEOPLE in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after parent company Meta said it faced large fines and “unrealistic” regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities. Last year, three Nigerian oversight agencies imposed fines on the US-based social media…
A COALITION of lawyers in Ghana and the United Kingdom has launched an investigation into what they describe as ‘dire’ working conditions for content moderators employed to review harmful content for social media giant Meta in Accra, Ghana. The probe…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook has revealed that in 2024, it took down over 100 million fake pages engaging on Facebook. In a statement made available on Thursday, the company said that it also axed over 23 million profiles…
META, the tech giant led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, finds itself embroiled in a political controversy in India. Zuckerberg’s recent remarks about the outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections have stirred strong reactions and could lead to a parliamentary…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is reportedly planning to invest over $10 billion in a massive subsea cable project spanning more than 40,000 kilometers. This ambitious undertaking, still in its early stages, would mark…
NIGERIA competition watchdog, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has fined Meta Platforms $220 million for breaching local consumer, data protection, and privacy laws. The investigation revealed that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, had…
