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Facebook has joined Twitter in banning President Buhari’s controversial civil war statement. Earlier today, June 4, the Federal Government announced that Twitter has been suspended in Nigeria. This comes days after Twitter deleted the president’s controversial statement and the video where he made the statement. The banned statement made by Buhari reads: “Many of those misbehaving today […]
Facebook – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Oe on Thursday said Facebook’s current practices provide sufficient measures to legally transfer EU citizens’ data to the US through recognized means. Austrian privacy advocate Max Schrems had brought the case against Facebook Ireland, arguing that EU-approved “standard contractual clauses” (SCCs) gave European authorities the ability to block data transfers […]
Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and other countries across the world, social media giant, Facebook has announced an extension of some of its political advertising rules and tools to curb the spread of fake news and foreign interference. Facebook has, in recent times, been criticised for being pivotal to the spread of […]