TikTok has restricted late-night LIVE access for Nigerian users, as the platform now blocks the feature during peak night hours. The restriction started yesterday at midnight when the app quietly shut down all LIVE activities across Nigeria, leaving accounts unable to host or even watch late night streams, reports The Guardian. According to an...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued an advisory on new vulnerabilities in ChatGPT that could expose users to data-leakage attacks. According to the advisory, researchers discovered seven vulnerabilities affecting GPT-4o and GPT-5 models that allow attackers to manipulate ChatGPT through indirect prompt inj...
Multiple online platforms including US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social network were briefly down today, with American internet services company Cloudflare acknowledging its systems were to blame. An error message mentioning Cloudflare was displayed to people trying to visit Truth Social and other sites, such as graphic design platform Ca...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Senator Natasha Akpoti has emerged as the most searched Nigerian in Google’s 2025 Year in Search report. She topped a list driven by major political events, cultural moments and national conversations. According to Google, the Kogi Central lawmaker drew “unprecedented public interest” as Nigerians turned to Sea...
•Flag of Spain and Meta logo Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today said Spain would investigate Facebook owner Meta for allegedly violating millions of users’ privacy, summoning the US tech giant to answer before parliament. An investigation by Spanish, Belgian and Dutch experts found that Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, used a “hid...
…Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp experience global outage A number of websites experienced temporary disruption after a technical issue at Cloudflare caused numerous of them to go offline. Users attempting to access platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) and OpenAi’s ChatGPT were met with error notices indicating that Cloudflare’s syste...
Airtel Africa has announced that its Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Andrew Green, will retire on January 29, 2026, according to a disclosure recently filed with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). Green’s retirement followed more than six years of service as a director, a tenure the Board acknowledged with appreciation. Tsega Gebreyes wil...
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...
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