FG Begins Probe of Opay, Facebook, DHL Over Alleged Illegality
The Nigerian government has commenced investigations into the activities of Meta (formerly known as Facebook), DHL, and online payment platform OPay for alleged data breaches. The companies if found liable, could forfeit two percent of their annual gross revenue to the government. The investigations were opened following a barrage of complaints from Nigerians over the violation of their data privacy rights. The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) is investigating the data processing activities of the affected data controllers. This is the second time the NDPC has opened probes into the activities of companies, banks, and universities in the
2019 Election: Facebook Closes Pro-Buhari Accounts Allegedly Used To Scam Nigerians
Facebook has closed some accounts allegedly set up by an Israeli firm named Archimedes, which were used to dent the image of Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and boosting the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, Associated Press reports. The report by United States think tank, Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, which analyses misinformation online, said some sample posts removed from Facebook appeared to praise President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress and smear his leading opponent, Atiku. Many of the pages and accounts were discovered to be linked to a Tel Aviv-based political consulting and
Facebook Revelations Detailing Manipulations of 2019 Election By Buhari, APC Vindicate Us – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said Facebook’s revelation detailing the manipulations and disinformation in the 2019 general elections allegedly by President Muhammadu Buhari’s handlers and the All Progressives Congress had exposed them as real enemies of the nation’s democracy. The party claimed that the revelation further exposed the APC as a fraudulent and violent-loving party, whose divisive activities threatened the country’s security. The PDP’s position was contained in a statement made available to journalists by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. The statement read, “Our party notes that there are more damning revelations against the APC, not only on
Facebook Announces New Regulation Over Live Video
Facebook announced on Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch massacre. People who have broken certain rules, including those against “dangerous organizations and individuals,” will be restricted from using the Facebook Live streaming feature, said vice president of integrity Guy Rosen. “Following the horrific recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand, we’ve been reviewing what more we can do to limit our services from being used to cause harm or spread hate,” he said in a statement. A self-described white supremacist gunned down 51 people at two
