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Fact-Check

Meta’s policy change may boost fake death hoaxes on Facebook

AMIDST increasing efforts by fact-checking organisations globally to empower the public with information resilience skills, hoaxes, particularly those of...
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Fact-Check

Mixed reactions as Meta ends fact-checking programme, embraces community notes

META’s announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party fact-checking programme and transition to a user-driven Community Notes...
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Science and Tech

Nigeria fines Meta $220m over breach of privacy laws

THE Nigerian government has imposed a $220 million fine on Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp over...
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Tech and Innovation

Meta approves monetisation for Nigerian creators

FACEBOOK'S parent company, Meta, on Thursday, June 27, ticked Nigeria blue in its professional dashboard, thereby approving the country's...
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ICT/Telecoms

Social media apps, Facebook, Instagram down globally

SOCIAL media platforms, Facebook and Instagram were both down on Tuesday, March 5, with users unable to access their...
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Tech and Innovation

META sacks over 11,000 Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp employees

MULTINATIONAL technology conglomerate Meta has downsized its workforce by sacking over 11,000 employees of social media platforms Facebook, Instagram...
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