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Lagos Court Awards Falana $25,000 Damages Against Meta Over Privacy Breach

admin / 4 weeks

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The Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has awarded $25,000 in damages to Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, in his $5 million lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., the United States-based technology company owned by Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, over the alleged invasion of his privacy. Delivering judgement on Tuesday, Justice Olalekan Oresanya held that a […]

Court Shifts Sowore’s Arraignment in Tinubu ‘Criminal’ Remark Case to October 27

admin / 4 months

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the arraignment of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, until 27 October. Justice Mohammed Umar made the decision on Tuesday to give Sowore sufficient time to prepare his defence. Sowore, who contested the presidency on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC) in 2019 and 2023, […]

Free Speech on Trial? Sowore Challenges DSS and Tech Giants in Abuja Court

admin / 5 months

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Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, has filed two fundamental rights suits at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and social media giants Meta (Facebook) and X Corp. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his legal team and signed by […]

Meta Unveils Smarter AI Assistant with Social-Focused Features

admin / 10 months

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Meta Platforms Inc. has introduced new personalisation features for its AI assistant and launched a “Discover” feed aimed at fostering greater social interaction around AI use. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the tech giant said the upgraded Meta AI can now learn user preferences — such as interests in travel or language learning — […]

Meta Loses Appeal as Tribunal Backs $220m Fine Over Privacy Breaches

admin / 10 months

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The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has upheld the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Incorporated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). In a statement issued on Friday, the FCCPC’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, announced that the Tribunal also awarded the Commission $35,000 to cover investigation costs. Ijagwu noted […]

Meta Overhauls Content Moderation, Drops US Fact-Checkers

admin / 1 year

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Social media giant Meta has announced a significant shift in its content moderation strategy, including the termination of its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States. “We’re going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes similar to X (formerly Twitter), starting in the US,” Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated […]

Technical Glitch Shuts Down Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Globally

admin / 1 year
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Meta-owned platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp experienced a global outage on Wednesday evening, leaving millions of users unable to access the services. Frustrated users took to X (formerly Twitter) to report the disruption, which began around the same time across all three platforms. Monitoring site Downdetector recorded over 100,000 outage reports for Facebook and more […]

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Lagos Court Awards Falana $25,000 Damages Against Meta Over Privacy Breach

Court Shifts Sowore’s Arraignment in Tinubu ‘Criminal’ Remark Case to October 27

Meta Unveils Smarter AI Assistant with Social-Focused Features

Meta Loses Appeal as Tribunal Backs $220m Fine Over Privacy Breaches

Meta Overhauls Content Moderation, Drops US Fact-Checkers

Technical Glitch Shuts Down Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Globally