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Social media sites, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are down. This global shutdown is being reported across the world and users on Twitter have been discussing the shutdown. “We’re sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again,” reads Instagram. WhatsApp has a similar ‘Connecting’ and circular icon near the top as …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government will not be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users. He described the move to “unfriend Australia” as arrogant and disappointing. Facebook is responding to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms. …

Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, causing much alarm over public access to key information. Australians woke up on Thursday to find the Facebook pages of all local and global news sites were unavailable. Several government health, emergency and other pages were …

US social media giant Facebook has announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, next year. It will be its second office on the African continent. According to the company, it will also be its first African office to house a team of expert engineers. Facebook opened an …

American social media giant Facebook says its investments in internet connectivity in Africa will see the continent’s economy grow by nearly $60bn (£47bn) by 2024. A report released by the company shows that an increase in access would significantly lower the cost of internet on the continent. Facebook says it …

Information circulating on social media indicates that one Facebook enthusiasts, Kobby Lionels has died. According to reports, Kobby who is a bodybuilder died yesterday, July 7th after he tested positive for COVID-19. News of his death is given by a close relative of Kobby Lionels known as Akua Boatemaa Brown. Source disclose …

  Facebook Inc (FB.O) said  it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate. The ads showed a red inverted triangle, a symbol the Nazis used to identify political prisoners, with text asking Facebook users to …

Majority leader in Parliament and member of Parliament for the Suame constituency Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has warned Ghanaians to ignore some supposed accounts on social media especially on Facebook bearing his name as he never been part of the said social media platform. According to him, except for …

A Ghanaian human rights lawyer and Programme Manager, Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, has been appointed Board Member of the New Global Independent ‘Oversight Board’ for Facebook and Instagram Content. She joins two other Africans – Julie Owono, a digital rights advocate and Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières from Cameroon and …

Facebook says it has removed 49 accounts, 69 pages and 85 Instagram accounts for engaging in foreign interference. The accounts are reportedly run on behalf of a foreign actor on Facebook, Instagram and other internet platforms. The Head of Security Policy at Facebook, Nathaniel Gleicher, in a statement explained that …