The round of firings came following a recent series of reports based on Zuckerberg’s meetings with employees.

Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has filed a $5 million suit before a Lagos High Court against the United States of America-based organisation, Meta Platforms Inc., over alleged invasion of his privacy.

The social media giant has been incorporated in Delaware since 2004, when the company was known as Facebook.

Trump has been a harsh critic of Meta and Zuckerberg for years, accusing the company of bias against him.

Meta said it would appeal, alleging the decision ignored “the realities of the thriving European market for online classified listing services”

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Thursday that it has escalated its efforts to combat criminal activity on its platforms by removing approximately 1,600 Facebook groups and accounts linked to the notorious “Yahoo Boys” scam network.

The Civil Society Organization, Paradigm Initiative, has urged Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, to demonstrate transparency in their dealings with the federal government and relevant authorities. The group stated that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), and others seeking to assert regulatory authority over platforms, must be transparent and […]

Meta has unveiled the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants program, a $2 million initiative to support organisations using AI to tackle global challenges.

Withholding tax is mostly used for collecting tax on non-residents’ income in Nigeria where cross-border enforcement is impracticable

FCCPC chief, Abdullahi said the investigations were jointly held with Nigeria’s Data Protection Commission and spanned over 38 months

The group said it found out that Meta planned to use all public and non-public user data that it has collected since 2007 for the AI technology.

“We’re rolling out Meta AI in English in more than a dozen countries outside of the US. Now, people will have access to Meta AI in Australia, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe—and we’re just getting started.”

Facebook and Instagram giant Meta on Friday said it will begin labeling AI-generated media beginning in May, as it tries to reassure users and governments over the risks of deepfakes.

Meta on Tuesday said it was looking into widespread outages of its Facebook, Instagram and Threads platforms after users around the world were locked out of their accounts.

Dozens of US states on Tuesday accused Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of profiting “from children’s pain,” damaging their mental health and misleading people about the safety of its platforms.