Category: Internet
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Severe privacy risk: NITDA warns Nigerians against Truecaller
The attention of the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) has been drawn to the potential breach of privacy rights of Nigerians by the Truecaller Service. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, Director General/CEO of Nigeria and Chief Information Technology Officer of Nigeria made this known on Monday. According to the NITDA DG, the Agency, in…
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Facebook employee jumps from headquarters building in ‘apparent suicide’
A Facebook employee has died in what the police described as “an apparent suicide” at the social media giant’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The local Menlo Park Police reported in a statement that at 11.30am on Thursday, they received a call reporting an adult man had jumped off the fourth floor of a building…
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Twitter suspends thousands of fake news accounts worldwide
Twitter on Friday revealed it has closed thousands of accounts across the world for spreading fake news as well as pro-government propaganda, including in places like the United Arab Emirates, China and Spain. Accounts coming from China seeking to sow discord among protesters in Hong Kong were closed down, as were accounts amplifying a pro-Saudi…
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Cybercrime: NCC moves to protect telecoms consumers
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has evolved measures aimed at protecting telecoms consumers from cyber criminals in the country. Mrs Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, Director, NCC Consumer Affairs Bureau, disclosed this at the 53rd Consumer Town Hall meeting of the commission held in Oyo on Thursday. The theme of the meeting, ‘Mitigating Effects of Cybercrimes: The Role…
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NITDA urges Nigerians to leverage on internet to improve businesses
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Thursday in Lagos, urged Nigerians to leverage on internet technology to improve on ease of doing business. The Director-General of NITDA, Mr Kashifu Abdullah, made the appeal at the opening of “Internet Summit 2019” with the theme “The Internet as an Alternative Source of Income”, organised by…
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Russia fines Google over illegal ads
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on Thursday, fined Google 100,000 roubles (1,560 dollar ) for overspreading illegal ads for financial services. FAS said in a press release “Russia’s FAS fined Goggle LLC 100,000 roubles as a publisher of improper advertisements of the financial services of the Ali Trade company with the help of the Google…
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Facebook takes down Israeli PM chatbot for violating election day rules
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Facebook on Tuesday after the social network blocked a “chatbot” from his right-wing Likud party’s account for violating election day rules. “They took a 100 kg hammer and brought it down on a fly, because it is a Likud fly,” Netanyahu said in a video posted on…
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Week to general election, Facebook slams Israeli PM with suspension
A week ahead of the Israeli general election, Facebook has suspended the campaign bot of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party over a violation of its hate speech policy, The social media giant said on Thursday. The bot warned against a “weak” left-wing government “which relies on Arabs, who want to annihilate us all –…
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Court says Germany has to notify EU of copyright law targeting Google
Google won a victory on Thursday after Europe’s top court said Germany has to notify the European Commission of a rule allowing publishers to demand a copyright fee from the U.S. tech giant for using news snippets. The case underlines the battle between publishers and Alphabet unit Google over the share of revenues from distributing…
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WHO to leverage on Facebook, Instagram to curb vaccine misinformation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it welcomes commitment by Facebook to ensure that users find facts about vaccines across social media platforms, where people seek information and advice. Director-General of WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, who made this known in a statement on the bloc’s official website, listed such platforms as; Instagram, Facebook Search, Groups,…