TheNewsGuru

Tag: Social Media

  • US to require social media identities of American visa applicants

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in , ,

    The US State Department has said that it plans to require all American visa applicants to submit their social media information. Applicants for immigrant and non-immigrant visas, under the proposal, would be required to provide “identifiers” they have used on various social media platforms in the previous five years, in addition to old email addresses…

  • Data scandal: Buhari must act on Cambridge Analytica revelations

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in , , ,

    After revelations emerged of data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, meddling with Nigeria’s teething democracy; that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is silent about the issues raised, is alarming. SCL Elections, parent company of Cambridge Analytica confirmed the data analytics firm was hired to play a role in the 2015 General Elections that brought the Buhari…

  • Facebook outlines steps to prevent abuse of users’ data on platform

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in

    Facebook has outlined steps it will take to prevent the abuse and misuse of users’ data on billions of accounts on the social media platform. This is coming on the heels of allegations against Cambridge Analytica of harvesting users’ data on about 50 million accounts on Facebook. Facebook founder and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg,…

  • Facebook CEO opens up on Cambridge Analytica

    Facebook CEO opens up on Cambridge Analytica

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in

    Facebook founder and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, has shared an update on the Cambridge Analytica situation in which the social media giant was unable to protect users’ data of about 50 million people on the platform. Facebook had placed a ban on Cambridge Analytica after allegations emerged that a Cambridge University researcher named Aleksandr…

  • Facebook loses $40 billion market value

    Facebook loses $40 billion market value

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in

    Facebook shares closed down nearly 7.0 per cent on Monday, wiping nearly $40 billion off its market value as investors worried that new legislation could damage the company’s advertising business. TheNewsGuru reports Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been under pressure after privacy regulators launched a probe into how the social media giant handles users’ data…

  • Facebook’s Chief Information Security Officer departs

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in

    Facebook’s Chief Information Security Officer, Alex Stamos, is said to be leaving the social media company in August. A source revealed this on Monday, with a report citing internal disagreements over how the social network should deal with its role in spreading disinformation. The social media company has already taken away Stamos’ responsibilities to counter…

  • Bayero University admits 140 students for degree in social media

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in , ,

    The Faculty of Communication of the Bayero University Kano has admitted 140 Students for social media training in its newly introduced Department of Information and Media Studies (IMS) in the last two years. The Dean of the Faculty, Professor Mustapha Nasir Malam who made the disclosure at Guest Lecture Platform for the students of the…

  • Facebook bans Trump’s data analytics firm

    Facebook bans Trump’s data analytics firm

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in ,

    Facebook announced decisions on Friday to suspend US President Donald Trump-affiliated data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica. This is coming after the social media giant learnt that the Trump campaign’s data analytic firm failed to delete vital data it had taken inappropriately from users of the social network. In a statement, Facebook said it was suspending…

  • Facebook bans Britain First page for inciting hatred

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in

    Facebook on Wednesday said it banned Britain First from its platform for breaking rules against inciting hatred. The social media platform took down Britain First’s Facebook page and those of its leaders, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, for repeatedly violating rules designed to stop the incitement of hatred against minority groups. British First shot to…

  • Has Facebook become a “beast” really?

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in

    On Monday two United Nations (UN) officials tasked with looking into abuses in Myanmar took shots at Facebook as part of a UN Human Rights Council hearing; with one of the officials referring to the social media platform as a “beast”. When asked whether the platform was good or bad for the emerging democracy, UN…