Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and Facebook unless they do more to combat online extremism by taking down material aimed at radicalising people or helping them to prepare attacks, the country’s security minister said. Ben Wallace accused tech firms of being happy to sell people’s data but not to give […]
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Facebook on Tuesday added a way for people to know when their pictures are posted anywhere on the leading social network. The notifications will rely on optional new tools that tap into face-recognition capabilities and already suggest friends to “tag” in pictures uploaded to Facebook. Users will now get word when their images pop up […]
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It’s not quite like tobacco companies warning about the dangers of smoking, but Facebook is acknowledging something many already know: Using social media can be bad for your health. The social media giant whose platform has become a daily addiction for hundreds of millions of people sheds light in a blog post Friday on what […]
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Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger suffered a temporary outage in India and many other countries, according to reports from multiple users on Facebook and Twitter on Friday. Users in countries ranging from Brazil and Russia to Vietnam and Myanmar reported on social media that WhatsApp was down in their countries. The extent of the outage and […]
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Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google head before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of grueling hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. election. At stake for the Silicon Valley companies are their public images and the threat of tougher advertising regulations in the […]
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Facebook, leading social media platform disclosed yesterday in Lagos that over 9.7 million Nigerians visit its site on daily basis. According to the platform, an average online user in Nigeria spends nothing less than seven hours and in Europe, only four hours is spent by an online user. It noted that it is expecting 6 […]
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Jumia has partnered Facebook Messenger to introduced Jumia bot, a tool that will help shoppers to make orders through an online conversation. Bots are virtual assistants that answer questions and help people get things done faster without needing to speak to another human. According to the e-commerce firm, the Jumia bot, developed by Facebook and […]
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg fired back at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he accused the leading social network of being “always anti-Trump.” Zuckerberg rejected the notion, countering that Facebook is working to ensure “free and fair elections” with an online platform that does not favor one side over another. Zuckerberg’s post at Facebook […]
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked top tech companies Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify about Russian interference in US politics, a Senate aide confirmed Wednesday. The three internet and online social media giants are expected to appear on November 1 in an open hearing on the rising evidence that they were covertly manipulated in […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has publicly deny all social media account opened in his name; calling on Nigerians to disregard any news credited to any Twitter or Facebook account. The Minister made this disclosure in a statement, on Sunday, while debunking reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to the […]
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Facebook Inc on Wednesday made its biggest move to date to compete in the television market by expanding its video offerings with programming ranging from professional women’s basketball to a safari show and a parenting program. The redesigned product, called “Watch,” will be available initially to a limited group in the United States on Facebook’s […]
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The State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, of the Lagos State Police Command has arraigned three men before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, of ₦9.188 million. The three men, Frank Nwokobia, 27; Ezeoke Kanayochukwu, 25, and […]
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