Category: Internet
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Keyamo joins bandwagon, opposes death sentence for hate speech
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo on Monday has joined in opposing death sentence for hate speech, while calling out to those in opposition to the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation and Other Related Matters Bill 2019 to practice what they preach. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Protection from Internet Falsehood and…
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Facebook pays $645,000 fine over British data protection case
Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000-pound (645,000-dollar) fine to Britain’s data protection watchdog without admitting liability for alleged serious breaches linked to the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, the watchdog said on Wednesday. Between 2007 and 2014, Facebook processed user data unfairly by allowing app developers to access the data without explicit and informed consent, the…
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FG reveals plan to regulate Facebook, Twitter, other social media platforms
The federal government has revealed plans to regulate the use of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, said the FG was working to inject sanity into the social media space, which the…
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YouTube announces new initiatives for Nigerian content creators
YouTube on Tuesday unveiled two new initiatives to support the growth of YouTube Creators in Nigeria. The initiatives were YouTube-driven promotional campaign that features upcoming content from top local YouTube channels and Creators and partnership with MTN, which provides Creators with free data for three months. Also MTN launched new packages to enable Nigerians to…
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5G technology to be on trial before approval – NCC
The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) on Monday said that the trial of 5G, the fifth generation network technology, would be on trial for three months in the country before actual approval and rollout. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this on the sideline of the Mobile and Disruptive Technology (MoDITECH) Forum…
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Facebook tests curated news service, pays some media outlets
Facebook launched a news service that will provide users with curated national and local stories, the company on Friday said. Facebook News is being tested with a subset of mobile app users in the U.S. starting on Friday, with a wider roll-out planned for early 2020. The move is the social media giant’s latest change…
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Never forget: Google marks Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti’s 119th birthday
The Internet never forgets, as on Friday, search giants, Google marked the 119th birthday of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti with a Doodle, totally altering the famous Google logo on its homepages. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports a Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and notable historical…
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Facebook reaffirms commitment to combat hate speech
Facebook says it has intensified efforts to combat the use of hate speech on its platform. Ms Fadzai Madzingira, Content Policy Associate Manager, Facebook sub-Sahara Africa, made this known at a Facebook Content Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. Madzingira said that in its effort to fight the use of hate speech on the platform, Facebook had…
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U.S. antitrust probe of Facebook expands
An antitrust investigation into Facebook ramped up on Tuesday with the announcement that 46 state attorneys general from across the U.S. have joined the New York-led probe. Those chief legal officers of states and territories are all concerned that Facebook may have put consumer data at risk, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices, and increased…
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Russian accounts targeted U.S. voters on Instagram ahead of 2020 election – Facebook
A network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia has targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year’s presidential election and posed as local people in U.S. states including Virginia and Florida, Facebook said. Facebook FB.O said it had suspended the accounts on Monday, as well as three separate networks operated from Iran. The…