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YouTube Suspends Trump Channel, Removes video due to ‘Potential for

Ayomide Oyewole 13/01/2021

Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence. “In light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump’s channel for violating our policies,” YouTube said in a statement. The channel is now “temporarily prevented from uploading […]Read More

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Facebook Says it Disabled 3bn fake Accounts

Ayomide Oyewole 24/05/2019

Facebook on Thursday said it disabled over three billion fake accounts between September and March as part of an effort to enforce content standards. The social networking platform said it disabled 1.2 billion fake accounts in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 2.19 billion in the first quarter of this year. The company also said […]Read More

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Facebook Partners Nigerian Firm to Intensify Fight Against Fake News.

Ayomide Oyewole 04/02/2019

Facebook has partnered Dubawa, a Nigerian Online platform, to intensify the fight against fake information in the country. Adaora Ikenze, Facebook’s Head of Public Policy for West and Central Africa said on Monday that the partnership came following the recent launch of Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking programme. The Third-Party programme is to help assess the accuracy […]Read More

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Facebook Tightens Rules For Political Adverts For Nigeria.

Ayomide Oyewole 16/01/2019

Facebook is tightening the rules of political advertising on its platform in countries with big elections to be held in 2019, such as India, Nigeria, and Ukraine, Reuters reported. The company is taking such measures in order to counter interference with the electoral process, the source noted. According to Katie Harbath, director of global policy […]Read More

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Zuckerberg Refuses To Step Down As Facebook Chairman

Ayomide Oyewole 21/11/2018

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against calls for him to step down as chairman and hoped to continue working with his longtime chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg. Zuckerberg made the comments during a TV interview on Tuesday that addressed the controversies pertaining to the social-media giant. In the CNN interview, Zuckerberg said […]Read More

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NACC, Facebook train 50 SMEs in Lagos

Ayomide Oyewole 31/10/2018

The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), in collaboration with Facebook and Digivate 360 have trained over 50 SMEs on leveraging digital media to grow their businesses. Ebuka Ugochukwu, Communications Executive, NACC, in a statement on Monday in Lagos, said the training attracted participants from various sectors of the SME value chain. The statement said it […]Read More

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Google, Facebook are News Plunderers: Europe Media

Mariam Harun 04/09/2018

Europe’s biggest news agencies accused Google and Facebook of “plundering” news for free on Tuesday in a joint statement that called on the internet giants to share more of their revenues with the media. In a column signed by the CEOs of around 20 agencies including France’s Agence France-Presse, Britain’s Press Association and Germany’s Deutsche […]Read More

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Lombok quake: Facebook ‘regrets’ earthquake balloons

Tolani Giwa 08/08/2018

Facebook says it “regrets” that members posting about a deadly earthquake in Indonesia saw their messages adorned with confetti and balloons. On Sunday, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Lombok, killing more than 130 people. Many Indonesian speakers wrote messages using the word “selamat”, which can mean “unhurt” or “congratulations” depending on the […]Read More

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WhatsApp Steps Up War Against Fake News

Mariam Harun 23/07/2018

WhatsApp, the Facebook owned company, is stepping up the battle against fake news with a big change that’ll affect anyone that uses the messaging app as it limits people’s ability to forward messages to large groups. The idea is that, in theory, it will make it harder for things to “go viral” and will stop […]Read More