The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has commenced the implementation of a technology-enabled framework to strengthen monitoring and enforcement of Type Approval requirements for SIM-enabled communications devices in Nigeria. The Commission said the initiative would enable it to electronically determine the Type Approval compliance sta...
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, will begin charging businesses for certain messages sent through the WhatsApp Business Platform from October 1, 2026. Meta disclosed the pricing change in a WhatsApp Business Platform pricing update in July 2026, stating that charges for service messages would resume from October 1, 2026. The new charges w...
Meta knew that its tools for protecting teenagers on Instagram were largely ineffective, witnesses testified at the trial in California where 29 US states are accusing the social media giant of lying about the platform’s dangers. With more than three billion users around the world, Meta is fending off accusations by the coalition of US [&helli...
•Mark Zuckerberg and Meta logo Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a federal court heard yesterday in the trial of the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users. In what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment,” a coalition of states is demanding Meta [...
Apple will change how app providers seek user consent for personalised advertising on iPhones and iPads after Germany’s competition authority raised concerns about its treatment of third-party apps. German regulator, Bundeskartellamt, said on its website today that Apple had offered commitments to address its concerns, which have now been made...
•A large Google logo is seen at Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, California Google’s artificial intelligence assistant Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, CEO Sundar Pichai announced yesterday, a week after a major reorganisation of the tech giant’s AI division. “It’s our fastest growing product ever,” and the 14th produc...
•X logo (formerly known as Twitter) Microblogging platform X is set to overhaul the way creators earn from content on the platform, with its existing revenue sharing programme scheduled to end in September. The platform announced that creators currently participating in the revenue sharing scheme will receive their final earnings under the pro...
Telecom operators gained 15,420,144 million active subscribers between April 2025 and May 2026, according to the latest data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Figures from the industry regulator showed that Fixed Line Service, Internet Service Providers (Wired/Wireless) and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gained the subscr...
WhatsApp users worldwide reported widespread service disruptions last night, preventing millions from accessing messages, calls and other features of the app. The outage, which started around 9:00 p.m. Nigerian time, affected users in several countries, with complaints ranging from undelivered messages to failed voice and video calls, as well ...
•Kids on social media As anxiety, cyberbullying and online predators surge, countries are slamming the brakes on children’s social media use, with Nigeria appearing to be weighing an equally hard choice. With 64.5 per cent of Nigerians backing a cut-off at 16 or 17, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) flagging rising online sexual...
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