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  • BREAKING: Facebook could no longer be called Facebook from next week

    BREAKING: Facebook could no longer be called Facebook from next week

    Facebook is planning to change its company name as soon as next week, according to a new report from The Verge.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the move would be similar to what Google did back in 2015 when it set up a new parent company called Alphabet.

    The new name will reportedly reflect Facebook’s focus on building the metaverse, a concept that has quickly become a buzzword in the tech world in recent times.

    Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the upcoming annual Connect conference on October 28, but it could be revealed sooner, the report says.

    The rebrand will likely position Facebook as a separate product under a new parent company that also oversees other products like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more.

    “We will effectively transition from people seeing us as primarily being a social media company to being a metaverse company,” Mark Zuckerberg told The Verge back in July.

    He also previously said that the metaverse is “going to be a big focus, and I think that this is just going to be a big part of the next chapter for the way that the internet evolves after the mobile internet.”

    The report says that the new name is a closely guarded secret and is not known among even Facebook’s senior leadership.

    Facebook has ramped up its efforts on building metaverse in recent months. Last summer, it set up a dedicated metaverse team.

    A few days ago, Facebook announced plans to hire 10,000 new people in Europe to work on metaverse. The company also recently invested $50m in funding programs and external research to help “build the metaverse responsibly.”

    Facebook describes metaverse as “a set of virtual spaces where you can create and explore with other people who aren’t in the same physical space as you.”

  • Facebook to settle U.S. employment discrimination claims with $14.25m

    Facebook to settle U.S. employment discrimination claims with $14.25m

    Facebook will pay up to $14.25 million to settle civil claims brought by the U.S. government that the social media company discriminated against workers and violated other federal recruitment rules, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

    The two related settlements were announced by the U.S. Justice Department and Labour Department.

    The Justice Department announced last December that it was filing a lawsuit that accused Facebook of giving hiring preferences to temporary workers, including those who hold H-1B visas that let companies temporarily employ foreign workers in certain speciality occupations.

    Such visas are widely used by tech companies.

    Kristen Clarke, assistant U.S. Attorney-General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, called the agreement with Facebook, historic.

    “It represents by far the largest civil penalty the Civil Rights Division has ever recovered in the 35-year history of the Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision,’’ Clarke said in a call with reporters, referring to a key U.S. immigration law.

    The case centred on Facebook’s use of the so-called permanent labour certification called the PERM programme.

    The U.S. government said that Facebook refused to recruit or hire U.S. workers for jobs that had been reserved for temporary visa holders under the PERM programme.

    It also accused Facebook of “potential regulatory recruitment violations’’.

    Facebook will pay a civil penalty under the settlement of $4.75 million, plus up to $9.5 million to eligible victims of what the government called discriminatory hiring practices.

  • [Video] Outrage trails brutal flogging of Kwara Madrasa students

    [Video] Outrage trails brutal flogging of Kwara Madrasa students

    A viral video showing some madrasa students in Kwara State being brutally flogged as a form of punishment by some senior students of the institution has sparked outrage on social media.

    Madrasa is an institution established for the teaching of Islam and other studies.

    A segment of the video shows a female student on her knees while being surrounded by young men believed to be her senior colleagues.

    A voice was thereafter heard instructing the young men, who were all wielding sticks, to flog the female student.

    In another part of the video, a male student of the school can also be heard screaming as he was being flogged.

    It is understood that the beating was a form of punishment for the students after they attended a friend’s birthday.

    Although the students were said to have taken yogurt during the outing, their Islamic teacher, who saw a video of them at the birthday, had thought they took alcohol and ordered that they should be punished.

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    It was gathered that the students were severely beaten because they went to celebrate a friend’s birthday.

    Pictures of the birthday celebration were posted online. However, their teacher saw the post and thought they drank alcohol, but they only had yoghurt.

    After the beating, the students showed the injuries they sustained from the flogging and this has caused an outrage on various online platforms.

    In one of the video clips, some of the students were seen showing the injuries they sustained during the beating.

    The clips have since provoked outrage on social media platforms, as some Nigerians called on relevant authorities to investigate the matter.

    Reacting, Nigerian actor, Charles Inojie, condemned the treatment of the students, saying there is no justification for such actions.

    He wrote on Instagram;

    How could any school authority find justification for this? Which parent would see slide four and be able to sleep well at night, and to think that their teachers are there watching with glee and urging the assailants on is all the more heartbreaking.

    Whatever offence they might have committed, the school should have other means of administering discipline than this brazen display of barbarism.

    He stated;

    I hear this happened in Ilorin. Oya, Kwara State government over to you. You have a duty to redeem yourself before the whole world otherwise you would only have succeeded in raising hardened criminals that would turn around to terrorise society tomorrow. Say no to brutality, say no to man’s inhumanity to man, say no to violence, say no to torture.

  • You’re nothing without the media, Yomi Casual slams modern-day celebrities

    You’re nothing without the media, Yomi Casual slams modern-day celebrities

    Popular fashion designer, Olorunyomi Makun better known as Yomi Casual has advised present-day celebrities to respect their older colleagues who made it before the advent of social media.

    The celebrity stylist was speaking on Tuesday via his Instagram stories — shortly after Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were restored after a nearly six-hour outage.

    TheNewsGuru reports that three social media platforms owned by Mark Zuckerberg — completely stopped working shortly before 5 pm on Monday, leaving millions of users concerned.

    However as soon the platforms were back online, Yomi Casual took to his Instagram to commend the celebrities who gained fame before the social media era.

    He noted that said the recent outage should serve as a lesson to both online vendors and celebrities that they cannot thrive without the online mediums.

     

    “This should serve as a lesson to y’all 21st century celebrities and online business owners,” he wrote.

    “You are nothing without the media! Respect those who made it to the top without social media. #thestruggleisdifferent.”

  • BREAKING: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram down

    BREAKING: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram down

    Social media platforms owned by Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, including the parent Facebook app are currently experiencing a down time in Nigeria.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went off air as noticed from about 5:30 pm West African Time (WAT).

    At the time of filing this report, the Facebook and Instagram apps do not refresh new posts and users cannot make posts nor engage on the platforms.

    Messages sent via WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger do not deliver.

    Meanwhile, Facebook has confirmed the occurrence via Twitter, saying its’ engineers were attending to the issue.

    “We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment.

    “We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible,” Facebook stated via its official Twitter handle.

  • Taking personal issues to social media is the craziest thing to do- Peruzzi

    Taking personal issues to social media is the craziest thing to do- Peruzzi

    Majesty crooner, Peruzzi has averred that taking one’s personal problems to social media is the craziest thing ever to do.

    The singer made this known while reflecting on the trend of people revealing personal issues on their social media handles.

    According to the music star people should explore other alternatives such as striking a conversation with people they have issues with privately rather than putting it out on social media.

    “How y ‘all take your personal problems to the internet is the craziest thing ever madness! 50% will laugh at you, 10% will support you only online, 40% no send your papa,” he wrote.

    “You got options… Text the person, call if they never block your papa, Take time, cool-off, fast and pray if na you f**k up. Just get the f**k jeje… It’s none of social media’s business!”

    His remark comes at a time when several Nigerian entertainers have become the subject of heated discussions on social media platforms for sharing their personal issues online.

    In the same vein, 2Baba’s marriage has been dominating social media discussions since Annie Idibia, his wife, slammed him on social media.

    Popular radio personality and comedian, Nedu has also been in the news amid the paternity scandal rocking his union with Uzoamaka Ohiri, his ex-wife.

     

  • Taliban clears air on social media ban in Afghanistan

    Taliban clears air on social media ban in Afghanistan

    Taliban Spokesman Suhail Shaheen on Tuesday said the Taliban movement had no plans to introduce any restrictions on social media in Afghanistan.

    Shaheen said the Taliban believed in the freedom of speech, ready to accept criticism, and would only make efforts to limit the spreading of fake information.

    “No, there aren’t any restrictions on social media. We believe in the freedom of speech.

    “If someone criticizes our activities or has some views that he wants to express, it is fine with us, it is all part of freedom of speech.

    “But of course we do not want the spread of lies and fabrications, those might be restricted. Otherwise, we don’t have any problem,” Shaheen said.

  • We won’t rest until social media is regulated – Lai Mohammed

    We won’t rest until social media is regulated – Lai Mohammed

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal government will not rest until social media platforms are regulated.

    The minister said this while interacting with journalists in Washington while reacting to media reports that claimed he sneaked out of Nigeria to the US to meet with Twitter operators to resolve the ban on the micro-blogging site in Nigeria.

    Lai said fake news such as this reaffirms the need for social media to be regulated.

    Speaking during the interview, Mohammed said :“Can a minister sneak out of Nigeria without people knowing? When you say I sneaked out of Nigeria, are you saying I went to board at a terminal where nobody is or I travelled to the Republic of Benin to fly out of the country?”

    I was at an international airport, where I presented myself openly and I was checked in at the counter like every other traveller of the airline. I boarded and passed through the checks by the immigration service and customs. We won?t rest until social media is regulated – Lai Mohammed

    How can you come and say I sneaked out of the country? You and I have been here, have I met with any Twitter official­?

    When you talk about fake news and its dangers, we need to take it seriously and I am happy that the entire world is now seeing what we saw more than two years ago. I can assure you that we will not rest until we regulate the social media. Otherwise, nobody will survive it.”

  • Mourinho leaves message on social media account of Arsenal midfielder

    Mourinho leaves message on social media account of Arsenal midfielder

    Roma coach Jose Mourino have reached out to transfer target Granit Xhaka on social media.

    The Daily Express reports Roma are keen to sign Xhaka this summer but Arsenal are holding out for the right price.

    The Gunners want to recoup £17million for the Switzerland international and the Serie A side are yet to stump up the money.

    On Wednesday morning, Xhaka posted a farewell message to Switzerland boss Vladimir Petkovic.

    Petkovic was appointed Switzerland boss in 2014 but has now left to join Ligue 1 side Bordeaux.

    Alongside two pictures of him hugging Petkovic, Xhaka wrote: “What a journey! Mister, I just want to thank you for everything.

    “We made history together! It’s been an unbelievable journey – thank you for all your hard work, for your support and for the way you have shaped a national team into a group of brothers.

    “We won’t forget your work and we wish you all the best in Bordeaux.”

    Not long after the message had been posted, Mourinho responded on his personal Instagram account. The Portuguese simply commented three clapping hands emojis under Xhaka’s post.

  • Ramos deletes Real Madrid from social media accounts

    Ramos deletes Real Madrid from social media accounts

    Sergio Ramos has deleted all references to Real Madrid on his social media accounts.

    “Football player and Unicef ambassador,” is the new description on his Twitter bio, for example.

    He has listed the values of “heart”, “character” and “passion”.

    On Real Madrid’s official website, Ramos still appears listed as a first-team squad member. That could change soon, though, as his contract officially expired at midnight this Wednesday night.