TikTok removed more than 189 million videos in the second quarter due to community guidelines violations, according to a recent statement from the firm. More than 99% of the removed content was taken down following user reports, while more than 90% of the removed videos were removed without being viewed for April – June, reports [&hellip...
•Snapchat, Apple and YouTube The European Union today demanded digital giants, including Snapchat and YouTube, to explain how they are protecting children from online harm, as all but two member states signalled openness to restricting social media access for minors. The European Union has stringent rules regulating the digital space, includin...
Meta will begin using people’s conversations with its artificial intelligence chatbot to tailor the ads and content they see on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant announced today. The company said it would start notifying users about the change on October 7, with the new system taking effect on December 16, 2025, reports AFP. [&hel...
Instagram, owned by Meta, has reached 3 billion monthly active users, strengthening its position as one of the world’s leading social media platforms. The milestone, announced today by Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, comes just ahead of the platform’s 15th anniversary. “Instagram has always been about creativity, and continues to stand for th...
Barely eight months after the federal government approved a 50 percent tariff hike for telecom operators in the country, subscribers have begun to tell tales of woes on how the sharp increase is straining their budgets and negatively impacting on their socio-economic lives. The service providers’ customers, who have no options but to use the [...
The United States announced today a “framework” deal with China to resolve their dispute over TikTok that calls for the Chinese-owned app to pass to US-controlled ownership. In a social media post, US President Donald Trump said — without directly naming the social media giant — that a deal was reached with a “certain company […]...
A former top security executive at WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit yesterday alleging that parent company Meta systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures. Attaullah Baig, who served as head of security for WhatsApp from 2021 to 2025, claims that approximately 1,500 engineers had unr...
Two months after Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), MTN Nigeria and T2 sealed a roaming deal that would allow the subscribers of the latter leverage the infrastructure of the former to offer services, many subscribers complained yesterday that they are still battling with getting T2 signal back on their devices. A subscriber who ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that only seven out of 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria have functional websites where information about their activities, spending and other critical information can be accessed. The anti-graft agency specifically said owing to lack of functional ...
Meta Platforms has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after bringing on more than 50 researchers and engineers, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. “All that’s happening here is some basic organisational planning: creating a solid structure for our new superintelligence efforts after bringing people on board and unde...
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