Tag: Social Media
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Egypt targets social media with new law
Egypt’s parliament has passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalise journalists held to be publishing fake news. Under the law, social media accounts and blogs with more than 5,000 followers on sites such as Twitter and Facebook will be treated as media outlets, which makes them subject to…
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Social media tax in Uganda to stay in spite of protests – Minister
The Ugandan government on Tuesday said it will not scrap the recently introduced taxes on social media use and mobile money transfers in spite of public protest. Frank Tumwebaze, Uganda’s minister of information, told newsmen that Cabinet on Monday decided that the daily rate of 200 shillings (0.05 U.S. dollars) charged on the usage of…
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Information Minister cautions Nigerians on social media use
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians on social media use. The Minister admonished Nigerians not to share any information they cannot vouch for on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp as a measure to curtail fake news menace. He made the admonition in Abuja at the launch of National Campaign against…
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Twitter begins operation to wipe out millions of “fake” followers
Twitter will on Thursday run a major operation to delete accounts of fake followers, its president in charge of trust and safety has announced. Vijaya Gadde said in a statement that the clean-up will affect accounts that were frozen over the years for suspicious behavior. “This week, we’ll be removing these locked accounts from follower…
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Social media does a lot of damages to relationships- Debbie Shokoya
Nigerian actress, filmmaker and entrepreneur is one rising entertainer who continues to evolve and expand her brand. The role interpreter popular in the Yoruba movie sector has shared what a sexy woman means to her. In an encounter with TheNewsGuru, she said: ”I am not comfortable with the word ‘Sexy’. I think it’s mostly used…
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Facebook records increased graphic violence
The number of posts on Facebook showing graphic violence rose in the first three months of the year from a quarter earlier, possibly driven by the war in Syria, the social network said on Tuesday, in its first public release of such data. Facebook said in a written report that of every 10,000 pieces of…
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I was assaulted, brutalized by men of SARS-Nigerian cries out
A certain social media user has narrated the ordeal he claimed to have had from the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. Vaughn E. Itemuagbor reveals that 2018 alone, he has had two horrifying encounters with SARS officers, one of them resulting in some bodily harm they inflicted on…