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 a statement by its Director, Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu on Saturday in Abuja, FCCPC said … Read more
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 giant totalling more than $290m (£218m) for violating various laws and regulations. Meta was unsuccessful … Read more
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 could become the latest labour controversy surrounding the Facebook and Instagram parent company in Africa, AFP reports. … Read more
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 that were impersonating large content producers. It emphasised that its crackdown on fake pages and … Read more
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 summons. Zuckerberg, during a conversation on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, implied that the Modi-led … Read more
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 the company’s first fully owned and operated subsea cable, according to sources close to the … Read more
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 been sharing Nigerian users’ data without their consent. The FCCPC stated that Meta exploited its … Read more