•Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today announced a forthcoming total ban on social media for children under 16, saying that such platforms are “making children unhappy”. Starmer said that the government “will ban access to social media for all children under the age of 16”, warning that these platf...
Canada’s culture minister yesterday introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and require AI chatbot services to limit production of harmful content. The proposed “Digital Safety Act” makes Canada the latest in a wave of countries moving to crack down on social media platforms over concerns of ha...
•Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Hqtrs, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public against increasing promotion of unregistered online investment schemes on social media applications and websites, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok, and other digital platforms. A statement by th...
•Julius Abure The Labour Party (LP) has initiated a mechanism likely to culminate in a legal challenge against its former National Chairman, Julius Abure, over his continued misuse of its logo and dormant social media handles, allegedly to misrepresent the party. It was learnt in Abuja today that the Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Working C...
•Rabiu Kwankwaso The Kano Peace Coalition Group, has accused the Leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of manipulating youth groups to create uncertainty and chaos in Kano. The State Coordinator of the Group, Datti Datti Tukur, in a release, Tuesday, that the Youth’s who are members of Kwankwasiyya Movement Social Media arm hav...
• Zuckerberg Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify today at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make young users addicted. The 41-year-old head of Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — is the most ...
Gabon’s media regulator yesterday announced the suspension of social media platforms “until further notice”, blaming content posted online for stoking conflict and division in society. The High Authority for Communication imposed “the immediate suspension of social media platforms in Gabon”, its spokesman Jean-Claude Mendome said in a televise...
•VDM, Doris Ogala and Pastor Chris Okafor Justice M. A. Savage of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today restrained social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), actress Doris Ogala and one Kelvin Chimaobi Emmanuel from further mentioning or referring to Pastor Chris Okafor, his church or ministry on...
Nigerian disc jockey and philanthropist Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has announced that she will be taking a temporary break from social media as she prepares to begin a 21-day biblical fast in 2026. The entertainer made the announcement via her Instagram stories, revealing that the decision marks a significant change for her...
•Social media Nigeria is home to one of the largest youth populations in the world, with over 60 percent of its citizens under the age of thirty. Yet for decades, young people have remained excluded from formal decision-making spaces, constrained by structural barriers, limited political representation, and weak civic inclusion, reports Saturd...
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