Executives of social media giant Facebook were questioned on Wednesday by an Indian parliamentary panel after allegations of bias on how the company’s in-house policies for regulating hate speech were applied on the platform. The panel called Facebook India’s representatives after a report in the Wall Street Journal newspaper alleged the company overlooked hate speech … Read more
US social media giant Facebook on Monday said it has agreed with the French government to pay €106m ($125m) in back taxes for its French operations over a decade-long period from 2009, and to pay 50 percent more tax in the current year. A Facebook France spokesperson said in a statement that they will take our … Read more
Facebook has said it had launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways of expressing themselves online. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Avatars were digital personas that enabled people to engage themselves across Facebook and Messenger in a more personal and dynamic way. The company, in a statement on Monday, said … Read more
A Nigerian lady identified as, Sandra Chinenye Obioha Ihekwereme, recently died of an underlined illness after sharing a post about death on social media. Two months ago, the 22-year-old woman, posted that if she died during the lockdown, there is no need for an autopsy. She wrote; “If I die in this lockdown no need … Read more
A Nigerian man identified as Okolo DivineBliss cries out for justice after his mum died at New General Hospital in Asaba, Delta state on June 27 due to no medical attention. According to the narration, his mum had been sick for a while, and she has been receiving treatment until June 25 when she was taken to … Read more
A social media user, Chidi Okafor has narrated how he ran away from the hospital after he took his children to the hospital for a DNA test. According to Chidi Okafor’s narration on Facebook, he decided to take his four children for a DNA test after reading about the paternity fraud stories which started during … Read more
A lady identified as Joy Ofoha has cried out on Facebook over alleged domestic violence by her boyfriend of three years, Asibade Gaffer Oresanya at their residence in Lord Jesus Estate, Chevron Drive, Lekki, Lagos. Joy claimed her boyfriend would beat her at the slightest instance and subject her to varying tortures. She narrated, “I … Read more
Almost all U.S. tech firms, from Google to Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook have condemned the latest visa ban announced by President Donald Trump. They said the freeze would make the US less competitive. Trump on Monday banned new H-1B visas, used by major companies to bring over highly-skilled engineers from abroad. Around 18,000 H1-B visas … Read more
The Department of State Service has arraigned a 48-year-old man, Joshua Sayo Oki before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, the state capital over his Facebook post that was considered embarrassing to the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye. The Prosecutor, Mr Boo Nweke told the court that the accused person committed … Read more
Facebook on Thursday deleted President Donald Trump’s re-election ads that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners. The leading social network, which has drawn fire over its hands-off approach to political speech in recent months, said in a statement the campaign messages violated a policy against “organized hate” and were taken down … Read more
IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted to a recent allegation made against him by a former militant leader, Asari Dokubo. Ekohotblog understands that Asari Dokubo had recently accused Nnamdi Kanu of collecting money from Southeast governors running into “hundreds of millions.” But Nnamdi Kanu in a Facebook post on Thursday said that Asari started calling him … Read more
A Nigerian man is currently under fire on Facebook after he posted on the platform that he can’t wait to have his own baby girl so he could sleep with her while her mum is not around. The man said this while reacting to a shocking post about a man abusing his own child. READ … Read more
…..Signs Executive Order To Dilute Legal Protections For Social Media Platforms President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting social media companies on Thursday, days after Twitter called two of his tweets “potentially misleading.” But he didn’t follow through his threat to shut Twitter. Speaking from the Oval Office ahead of signing the order, Trump … Read more
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday remote work is here to stay, and that half of the social network’s staff could be doing jobs from afar within a decade. Zuckerberg devoted a live-streamed “town hall’ meeting with employees to how a remote-work trend compelled by the pandemic is being embraced by employees without affecting productivity. … Read more
A popular self-acclaimed pastor, Okochi Chukwu Obeni was pubicly humiliated by ten Nigerian men for criticizing Hon. Ogbonnia Oko Enyim, a Local Government Chairman in Afikpo, Ebonyi State. According to reports, the Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested the culprit. The spokesperson of the Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police Loveth Odah, made this known in … Read more
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has retracted his statement on the cause of death of a 32-year-old Dubai evacuee On Tuesday, Professor Abayomi via his Facebook page, announced the death of a 32-year-old man and said he died from COVID-19 related complications. “Unfortunately another #COVID19 infection related death involving 32year old, … Read more
Facebook, has pledged to partner with Federal Government to check the spread of fake news and disinformation in the wake of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who announced this at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday, said it’s obvious that the purveyors of … Read more
Facebook said Tuesday a new tool allowing users of the social network to view and delete data it collects from third parties is rolling out to the estimated two billion members of the leading social network worldwide. The new feature, part of a stepped- up effort to improve privacy practices , allows users to see … Read more
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution has reaffirmed its commitment to support local Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) with the introduction of the ‘Zenith Bank SME Digital Workshop’ to provide free digital training for business owners. The initiative, which is being organized in partnership with social media giant Facebook, will provide free training … Read more
Facebook on Tuesday said it plans to create 1,000 more London-based jobs this year to improve safety on the social network with the aid of artificial intelligence. The new roles will increase the number of staff at the company’s largest engineering hub outside the United States to more than 4,000. READ ALSO: Nigerians Speak On … Read more