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  The Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, will in October hear the N30bn suit lodged by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited. The Director-General of ARCON, Olalekan Fadolapo, made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗧.  ARCON is seeking a declaration among others that the continued publication and exposure of various advertisements directed at the Nigerian market through Facebook and Instagram platforms by Meta Platforms Incorporated, without ensuring the same is vetted and approved before exposure is illegal, unlawful and a violation of the extant advertising Law in Nigeria. According to the apex regulatory body for advertising in the country, Meta Platforms Incorporated’s continued exposure of unvetted adverts had led to a loss of revenue to the Federal Government.Fadolapo, while speaking with 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦

Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, moving them out of their current relationship with Facebook’s Irish unit and out of reach of Europe’s privacy laws. The change takes effect next year and follows a similar move announced in February by Google. Those companies and others have European head offices in Dublin, and the UK’s exit from the EU will change its legal relationship with Ireland, which remains in the EU. Initially, sources briefed on the matter told the Reuters news agency about the move. Facebook later confirmed it. “Like other companies, Facebook has had to make changes to respond to Brexit and will be transferring legal responsibilities and obligations for UK users from Facebook Ireland to Facebook Inc. There will be no change to the privacy controls or the services Facebook offers to people in the UK,” the company’s UK arm said. Facebook’s UK users will remain subject to UK privacy la

The US Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday, saying it violated antitrust law and should potentially be broken up. With the filing of the twin lawsuits, Facebook becomes the second big tech company to face a major legal challenge this fall. The FTC said in a statement it would seek an injunction that “could, among other things: require divestitures of assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp”. In its complaint, the coalition of 46 states, Washington, DC and Guam also asked for Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp to be judged to be illegal. “For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals, snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James. James said the company used vast amounts of money to acquire such rivals before they could threaten the company’s dominance. Facebook said it is reviewing the FTC and state antitrust compla

Google will lift its temporary ban on election-related advertisements on December 10, it said on Wednesday. Google’s pause of election ads, which came into effect after polls closed in the United States presidential election on November 3, was one of its measures to combat misleading informations and other abuses on its site. It was part of its “sensitive events” policy, which seeks to prohibit content that potentially capitalises on events like public health emergencies or natural. Google said in an email to advertisers seen by Reuters that “we no longer consider the post-election period to be a sensitive event.”Major online platforms have been under pressure to police misinformation about the election on their sites falsifications that continued to proliferate on social media after Election Day. “We will still rigorously enforce our ads policies, which strictly prohibit demonstrably false information that could significantly undermine trust in elections or the democratic process, amo

Trump can't unilaterally regulate or close social media companies, which would require action by the US Congress or FCC. US President Donald Trump reacts as he holds a 'listening session' meeting with members of the local African-American business community during a visit to the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the US United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. The president cannot unilaterally regulate or close the companies, which would require action by the US Congress or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Butthat didn't stop Trump from angrily issuing a strong warning. Claiming tech giants "silence conservative voices", Trump tweeted, "We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen". 

Myanmar leader's live broadcasts on Facebook draws hundreds of thousands of views. A video conference between Aung San Suu Kyi, (top right) and government officials from the Yangon region as she gives daily updates on Facebook  Yangon, Myanmar -  Broadcasting live from Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw, Aung San Suu Kyi shuffled some papers, looked straight at the camera and smiled before welcoming her guests to a teleconference call on Facebook. "Currently, migrant workers are coming back from Thailand and some have resettled in the country. So we are taking the necessary steps to provide quarantine facilities," the country's de facto leader told the more than 300,000 viewers who had tuned into her broadcast on Wednesday. Alongside her, the screen featured three of Myanmar's labour leaders. The first topic of the day was about how returning migrant workers could minimise the spread of the new coronavirus in the

Fatemeh Khishvand, better known as Sahar Tabar, is now quarantined in prison after displaying symptoms of the virus. Sahar Tabar, an Iranian Instagram star, was arrested for blasphemy and instigating violence An Iranian social media star has contracted the coronavirus disease in prison, her lawyer said. Fatemeh Khishvand, better known as Sahar Tabar, became famous after posting her heavily altered face through numerous plastic surgeries on her Instagram page, in the likeness of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie. Tabar, who has also edited her photos to resemble a zombie, was arrested by Iranian authorities last October, on the orders of Tehran's guidance court, which deals with "cultural crimes and social and moral corruption". Among the charges she faced were blasphemy, inciting violence, gaining income through inappropriate means, and encouraging the youth to corruption. The 18-year-old's lawyer, Payam Derafsha

Australia plans to force Google and Facebook to share advertising revenue with domestic media after complaints. Nearly one-third of every dollar spent on online advertising in Australia, excluding classifieds, goes to Google and Facebook, according to Australia's competition watchdog Australia will force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to share advertising revenue with local media firms, the country's treasurer said on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to require digital platforms to pay for content they use. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the move comes after talks with Facebook and Alphabet failed to yield a voluntary code to address complaints by domestic media players that the tech giants have too tight a grip on advertising, their main source of income. "We understand the challenge that we face, this is a big mountain to climb," Frydenberg told reporters in Canberra. "These are big compan

The duke and the duchess of Sussex will no longer engage with The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express and the Daily Mirror. Some outlets have been accused of bullying and being racist towards Meghan, whose father is white and mother is African American Prince  Harry  and his wife, Meghan, have told the United Kingdom's biggest tabloids that there would be "zero engagement" with them in future because of their false and invasive coverage, upping the stakes in their increasingly fraught relationship. The duke and the duchess of Sussex, who gave up their jobs as working royals at the end of last month, have made little secret of their displeasure with the tabloids and later this week Meghan's legal case against one of the papers will be heard at London's High Court. In a letter to the editors of The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express and the Daily Mirror newspapers on Sunday evening, the couple, who are now living in the Los A