Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totaling more than US$290 million in Nigeria. The fines were imposed by Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Nigerian Data Protection Commission, and the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria. Meta was accused ofContinue Reading
Meta is expanding Teen Accounts – what it considers its age-appropriate experience for under 18s – to Facebook and Messenger. The system involves putting younger teens on the platforms into more restricted settings by default, with parental permission required in order to live stream or turn off image protections forContinue Reading
Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style “community notes” where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. In a video posted alongside a blog post by the company on Tuesday, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were “tooContinue Reading