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Nigerian government gives new regulations on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp

The Nigerian government has issued new guidelines for the operations of social media multinationals in the country including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other platforms. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) late on Monday issued the new regulations for the interactive platforms in Nigeria. A statement signed by NITDA spokesperson, …

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Facebook fraudster grabbed in Ellembelle

A 23-year-old man, Samuel Sarpong who has allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting victims of huge sums of money is in the custody of the Esiama Divisional Police Command in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. Sarpong was arrested on Thursday for allegedly defrauding people concerning job recruitment. According to the …

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I’m not on Facebook; beware of imposters – Joe Wise cautions

Mr Joseph Osei Owusu, is not on Facebook and any account bearing his name on the social media site is a scam, the Office of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has cautioned. The caution comes after the office said its attention had been drawn to an impersonation of character …

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‘This country needs a Messiah’ – Lawyer Badombie’s last Facebook post

The death of lawyer Richard Badombia has dominated news headlines since the news broke out on Saturday, May 28. He was shot and killed whiles travelling on the Bole-Bamboi Highway in a private vehicle heading to Jirapa. The Ghana Bar Association has tasked the Police to do all it takes …

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Juventus interested in Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey

  Juventus was the standout club in the winter transfer market, bringing in three key players. Dusan Vlahovic and Denis Zakaria are additions for their attack and the midfield, respectively. The other investment was for Frosinone defender Federico Gatti, who will remain with the Lazio club until June. In addition …

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France fines Google, Facebook for making cookies difficult to refuse

France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google a record 150 million euros and Facebook 60 million euros for making it difficult for French internet users to opt out of online trackers, known as cookies. Read More: 44 villages in Drobo State support the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, warns MP not to vote …

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Facebook CEO loses $19bn in 3 weeks – $7bn of that on ‘outage’ Monday

Mark Zuckerberg has dropped from third to the fifth-richest man in the world Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is nosediving amid revelations from a whistleblower and Monday’s widespread Facebook outages.Zuckerberg’s net worth dipped by $7 billion in a matter of hours as a stock selloff prompted Facebook to fall by roughly …

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Scam alert: My daughter does not have Facebook, Instagram accounts – Mahama

• The attention of former president, John Dramani Mahama has been drawn to social media accounts in the name of his daughter • He has announced that those accounts on social media are fake  • The general public has been advised to desist from any engagements with the said accounts  …

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Facebook warns growth set to slow ‘significantly’

Facebook has warned that it expects revenue growth to slow down “significantly” in the second half of 2021. The tech giant saw revenue rise to $29bn (£21bn) in the three months to 30 June, up from $18.69bn last year. But it said that sales would slow “as we lap periods of increasingly …

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Facebook suspends Trump accounts for two years

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years. He was barred indefinitely from both sites in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riots, but last month Facebook’s Oversight Board criticised the open-ended penalty. …

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