Former Acting Head of Service, Abia State, and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Lady Joy Maduka who was recently retired by Gov. Alex Otti, has slammed N100 million suit against two popular Facebook users – Nwokeukwu Mascot Nnamdi, and Bethel Agbara for alleged libel.

The EU on Thursday opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children.

For many individuals, Facebook has become an indispensable app to update their social life and keep up with friends and family.

Thousands of Facebook users have taken to social media to complain as they are unable to access their accounts on the platform.

A 35-year-old suspect, Akeem, who was arrested by detectives in Ogun State Police Command for allegedly murdering an 18-year-old student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Quadri Salami, to get body parts for sale, has revealed that he learnt about how to use human heads from Facebook groups.

Thailand’s digital minister plans to ask a court to shut down Meta Platforms’ Facebook (META.O) in Southeast Asia’s second largest economy unless it takes action over scams that have affected more than 200,000 people, he said on Monday.

Meta has said it will begin to restrict news on its platforms to Canadian consumers after parliament passed a controversial online news bill.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took part in his first jiu-jitsu martial arts tournament on Saturday and went home with silver and gold medals, he posted on social media. The competition was held at Woodside High School in California near the Silicon Valley headquarters of Meta, Zuckerberg’s company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. “Competed in […]

Meta Platforms Inc. founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has said more jobs would be laid off on Wednesday as the social media giant restructures teams and works to achieve greater productivity.

“Meta said there will be “no changes to accounts on Instagram and Facebook that are already verified based on prior requirements, including authenticity and notability.”

By Prince Osuagwu Facebook on Thursday warned Nigerian advertisers on its platform to update their Value Added Tax, VAT, records to the site on or before February 25, 2022, or risk not having their adverts displayed on the platform. The warning apparently followed Federal Government’s resolve to tax foreign-based social media platforms, who earn money from […]

By Arogbonlo Israel Social networking giant Facebook sent a notification to its users recently that everyone has 15 days to activate its all-important “Facebook Protect” feature. The blue app warned that failure to do so means users will be locked out of their accounts until the security feature is activated. The deadline to activate the […]

Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better “encompass” what it does, as it broadens its reach beyond social media into areas like Virtual Reality (VR).

By Juliet Umeh Social Media Platform, Facebook, yesterday, unveiled new connectivity technologies that will bring the next billion people online and enhance their existing infrastructure projects. The new technologies include: Terragraph and Bombyx. Launching the products in Lagos yesterday, Vice President of Facebook Connectivity, Mr. Dan Rabinovitsj, said they have seen that economies flourish when […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor & Emmanuel Elebeke     A report by Yahoo Finance has indicated that Facebook founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg, lost more than $6 billion in personal wealth, in the few hours after the crash of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram on Monday. Recall that the three apps which are all owned […]