Tag: Social
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Tinubu names Special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programmes
Sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s six-week suspension of the four (4) programmes under the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), President Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Special Presidential Panel. The panel will be led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun. Presidential Media Adviser, Ajuri…
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Sad! How 2 brothers murdered their sister for being too social
Sad! How 2 brothers murdered their sister for being too social
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Twitter users blocked by Trump cry foul, take the President to court
President Donald Trump may be the nation’s tweeter-in-chief, but some Twitter users say he’s violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments. Lawyers for two Twitter users sent the White House a letter Tuesday demanding they be un-blocked from the Republican president’s @realDonaldTrump account. “The viewpoint-based blocking of…
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Facebook Live to get Closed Captions
In a bid to make Facebook accessible to all, the social networking giant has allowed publishers to include closed captions (one of a series of subtitles) in Facebook Live, helping people who are hearing impaired to experience live videos. “By enabling publishers to include closed captions with their ‘Live’ broadcasts, we hope more people can…
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Social media firms have increased removal of Hate Speech, says EU
Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to pressure from the European Union to do more to tackle the issue, according to the results of an EU evaluation. Facebook won particular praise for reviewing most…