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Government imposes 21% VAT on Facebook advertisements for business and personal use

The business arm of Facebook parent company, Meta Business, will from August 1, 2023, impose a total of 21 percent in added taxes on personal and business-related advertisements made on the platform. An email from Meta Business said the charge is based on an order given by the Government of …

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Thabo Bester: ‘Facebook rapist’ who faked death arrested in Tanzania

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. Thabo Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell. A manhunt was launched last month after …

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National Security operative allegedly beats wife to pulp for chatting man on Facebook

The family of a 44-year-old woman who was allegedly physically assaulted by her husband, a National Security operative, is calling on the Inspector General of Police to come to their aid to ensure that the man is prosecuted. The woman, Habiba Halid, who is now seeking refuge in her family …

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Meta to restore Donald Trump’s Instagram and Facebook account two years after ban

  Facebook-parent company, Meta has said that it will restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks, just over two years after suspending him in the wake of the January 6 Capitol attack.   Meta made the landmark decision to bar Trump from posting …

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How I caught my wife with the man she met on Facebook —Husband reveals

THE Lusaka Boma Local Court, Zambia,  has logged a woman of Mutendere Compound out of marriage after she pressed the share button making herself available to another man she met on Facebook. According toZambia Observer, Carol Mulanshi’s husband, Vilent Kaunda, aged 40, stated that rather than just enjoy the hilarious …

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Ruto vs. Raila: Kenya election petition to be televised, carried on Facebook LIVE

The Kenya judiciary has announced that all is set for the start of high-stakes election petition hearing on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. The processes set for the Milimani Law Courts in the capital Nairobi is to be televised LIVE on major TV stations and live on Facebook. The petition is …

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Popular Facebook influencer Abena Magis arrested over fraud claims

GhanaWeb is picking up multiple reports to the effect that an influencer on popular social media platform, Facebook, who operates under the name, Abena Manokekame, has been arrested. Her arrest is said to be in connection with monies belonging to her customers that have gone ‘missing’ because the person who …

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Woman drowns while filming live on Facebook

A Kenyan lady based in Canada drowned in a swimming pool while live-streaming herself on Facebook. Hellen Wendy, whose Facebook profile says that she worked as a nurse in Toronto, Ontario was in a jovial mood while interacting with her followers before the tragedy occurred. Wendy started swimming while her gadget was …

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Kenya threatens ban on Facebook over hate speech

Kenya has threatened to shut down Facebook over its failure to improve content moderation on hate speech in the run-up to the August 9 elections. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has given the social media giant seven days to adhere to recommendations on taming online hate speech on …

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