As part of its efforts to promote good health and well-being of children, one of Nigeria’s leading online Facebook communities and past winner of the Facebook Community Leadership Program (FCLP), Ask The Paediatricians (ATP) Foundation has concluded its first nationwide Read more
Landing in Lagos on Friday 12th April and Saturday 13th April, will be Facebook’s first pop-up in Lagos, titled ‘It’s Your Facebook’! The next city in its global tour which has seen similar events hosted across Dublin, Cologne and Dubai, Read more
In order to curb the spread of fake news during the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, Facebook has said only advertisers located in Nigeria would be allowed to run political advertisements on the social media site, says a news report Read more
The Kano State Police Command has arrested an administrator and members of a WhatsApp Group for circulating fake news and an image of a married woman whom they claimed was trafficking in children in the city. Spokesman of the Police Read more
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced the appointments of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Robert Zoellick to Twitter’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as new independent directors, effective immediately. Marjorie Scardino will be stepping down from the Board for personal reasons at Read more
A Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) policy change on Thursday to increase the service’s credibility cost its 100 most popular users about 2 percent of their followers, on average, according to social media data firm Keyhole. Twitter is no longer counting as Read more
Facebook axed 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of 2018, the social media giant said Tuesday, detailing how it enforces “community standards” against sexual or violent images, terrorist propaganda or hate speech. Responding to calls for transparency Read more
Twitter has advised its 336 million users to change their passwords due to a bug that saved user passwords on an internal log without proper encryption. The microblogging website said there is no evidence that password have been leaked, but Read more
Facebook shares rose sharply, registering its biggest gain in nearly two years, as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg answered questions from U.S. senators on how Facebook might be regulated more-closely. According to media report on Wednesday, Zuckerberg apologised for the issues Read more
Twitter said Thursday it has suspended over one million accounts for “promotion of terrorism” since 2015, claiming its efforts have begun to make the platform “an undesirable place” to call for violence. In its latest transparency report, Twitter said it Read more