Category: Internet
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Turkey fines Facebook over data breach of over 280,000 users
Turkey on Thursday fined social media company Facebook for over 281,000 U.S. dollars for a data breach that exposed the personal information of hundreds of thousands of users in Turkey. Facebook exposed the name, gender, birthday, relationship status, educational background, religion, hometown, personal data and location information of 280,959 users, said the Personal Data Protection…
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Facebook removes accounts from Nigeria, other countries
Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125 Instagram accounts, as well as 200 pages and 76 groups originating in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria…
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Google marks Nigeria’s 59th Independence
The world’s largest search engine, Google on Tuesday celebrated Nigeria on its website with a special doodle as the country marked its 59 years of independence. The doodle features the Nigerian green-white-green coloured flag, with a picture Aso Rock displayed in the background. It’s Google’s way of wishing the country a happy Independence Day. A…
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Zuckerberg ‘mocks’ Twitter in leaked internal Facebook meetings
Founder Mark Zuckerberg in leaked internal meetings of Facebook laughed over the investment status of Twitter, stressing that the microblogging platform can’t put in investment as does his social media platform. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Zuckerberg was addressing the issue of potential breakup of Facebook in one of the meetings when he said Facebook’s investment on…
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EFCC nabs fake Jumia agent in Benin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Edoboryi Osaruese Leerees, 23, a fake Jumia agent in Benin City, Edo State. Leerees was arrested following a petition by a lady who claimed to have paid him over One Million Naira (N1,000,000) for the supply of goods which she and her friends ordered from his…
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Cybercrime: Entertainers lend voices as Naira Marley’s trial resumes
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to resume trial of Nigerian popstar, Naira Marley over fraud, frontline comedians have lent their voices voices against cybercrimes in the society. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports this took place when the frontline comedians visited the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday in support of the anti-graft…
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NDPR controversy: NITDA reacts
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Thursday said that it was not operating outside the confines of the Law as being speculated by some digital rights groups. The Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations of NITDA, Hajia Hadiza Umar, made the assertion in Lagos. NITDA was reacting to the controversy and challenges with…
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Facebook dishes big blow on pro-Trump pages with reported links to Ukraine
Facebook has removed a group of pages reportedly linked to Ukraine on its platform, which featured US patriotic messages and praise for President Donald Trump, with posts seen by millions of users. The social media giant said in an email Tuesday it had taken down “I Love America” and related pages “for violating our policies…
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Massive attacks hit YouTube
YouTube creators, particularly in the auto-tuning and car review community, have become targets of a massive wave of account hijacks, a media report said on Tuesday. The account hacks are the result of a coordinated campaign where hackers use phishing emails to lure victims on fake Google login pages from where they collect users’ account…
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Google celebrates Nigerian food culture
Google is celebrating Nigerian food culture with the world through its project ‘Come Chop Bellefull: A Taste of Nigeria. The project was launched in collaboration with the Centenary Project on Tuesday at the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU), Lagos. The Centenary Project had since its inception in 2014 focused on digitally capturing and showcasing the cultural and…