Category: Internet
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Why our official Twitter account was suspended – NCC
The Twitter account of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), @NgComCommission has been restored. This followed a temporary suspension by Twitter, a decision taken to ensure the safety of the account owner, NCC and its thousands of followers. Twitter’s security features had interpreted the multiple Online staff Internet Protocol (IP) logins as a suspected attempt to…
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Twitter suspends NCC account
Twitter has suspended the account of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the microblogging platform. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports @NgComCommission is the official Twitter account of the independent national regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. The Commission is responsible for creating an enabling environment for competition among operators in the industry as well as…
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Facebook launches Nigerian SMB Success Stories with BellaNaija, Guardian TV
Facebook says it has partnered with BellaNaija and Guardian TV to launch its Nigerian Small and Medium Business (SMB) success stories series. Facebook said in a statement on Tuesday that the ‘FBSuccessStory campaign’ was aimed at spotlighting Nigerian entrepreneurs using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to grow their businesses. It said the campaign, which would be…
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Twitter accounts of founders of BioNTech vaccine coy fake
Twitter accounts purported to be those of Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, the founders of the German firm BioNTech, which raised hopes of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus last week are fake, BioNTech said on Monday. It made the announcement through its own Twitter account. The company said it had asked Twitter to delete…
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Turkey fines Google $25m for online advertising abuse
State news agency Anadolu on Friday said Turkey’s competition authority fined Google 196.7 million lira (25.54 million dollars) for abusing its dominant position in the online search market. Google “intensively” uses tactics on its search engine to block rivals in the online advertising business, an investigation by Turkish competition authority found, the report said. The…
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U.S. ELECTIONS: Twitter labels 300,000 misleading tweets
Social media giant, Twitter, says it labelled approximately 300,000 tweets for disputed and “potentially misleading” contents about the U.S. elections over the last two weeks. Twitter’s Head of Legal, Policy and Trust, Vijaya Gadde, and its Head of Product, Kayvon Beykpour, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday evening. According to Gadde and Beykpour, the…
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Biden eyes victory, launches transition website
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. President, has launched an official transition website, www.buildbackbetter.com. The move comes as votes are still being counted in many states and the presidential race still undecided. On the www.buildbackbetter.com website is a short statement that reiterates Biden’s earlier assertion that it is the American people that will…
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Turkey fines Facebook, Twitter, TikTok for defying social media law
Turkey has imposed hefty fines on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and other platforms, for violating a new law that exerts greater control over social media. The announcement was made, ironically on Twitter, by Deputy Transport and Infrastructure Minister Omer Sayan on Wednesday. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube and TikTok, were each fined 10 million lira (1.17…
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U.S. election: Twitter, Facebook outline action to take if candidate declares premature victory
Social media companies Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc on Monday outlined plans for placing warning labels on posts from U.S. election candidates and campaigns that claim victory in advance of official results. The moves come as social network platforms brace for what has been an unusual election cycle due to a high number of…
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Northern governors back regulation of social media
The Northern Governors Forum on Monday expressed support for the ongoing efforts to regulate the social media in order to check the spread of fake news in the country. The Forum expressed its support in a communique issued by its Chairman and Governor of Plateau, Mr Simon Lalong, after its meeting in Kaduna with traditional…