Meta, owner of popular social media platform, Facebook has deactivated account of Human Rights Activist and Politician, Omoleye Sowore. A quick check by our correspondent shows that Sowore’s account cannot be found again on Facebook after several attacks by him against Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023. While it’s not yet clear why…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has threatened to restrict access to the two social platforms in Nigeria following fines by local regulatory authorities. Last year, three regulatory bodies in Nigeria fined the US-based social media firm over $290 million for breaching various laws and regulations. Meta’s recent effort to contest the rulings…
A federal high court in Abuja has granted N10 million bail to Olamide Thomas, an activist charged with vitriolic social media comments against Seyi Tinubu. Thomas was also asked to produce one surety in like sum. In a ruling delivered on Monday, Emeka Nwite, presiding judge, held that there was no concrete evidence before the…
Social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down amid a widespread Meta outage. Website Downdetector, which monitors where there are issues with websites and apps, showed large spikes for Facebook and other Meta apps with people saying they had been affected by the outage. According to Downdetector, Facebook outages were first reported…
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, says it has deleted another 1,600 groups linked to ‘Yahoo Boy’ from its platform. The development comes three months after the company removed 63,000 accounts in Nigeria linked to sextortion scams. In a statement on Thursday, Meta also announced that Instagram is taking measures to further…