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NewsNigeriaChildren Under 16 Banned From Access To Social Media In Australia

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 29, 2024

Australia’s parliament on Thursday passed a law banning social media for children under 16. The ban came following the passage of a groundbreaking law in parliament which is the first of its kind in the world-first. The new law by the Senate with 34 votes to 19 prohibits platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, X, and Reddit from allowing users under 16. YouTube has been excluded from the ban due to its educational content. The...

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BusinessNewsNigeriaMeta deletes 63,000 Facebook accounts of ‘Yahoo Boys’

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2024

The US-based firm ‘Meta’ has removed 63,000 ‘Yahoo Boys’ Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. ‘Yahoo Boys’ is a term for describing Internet scams in Nigeria. The firm in a statement on Wednesday, titled, Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria’, said the removal of the 63,000 is a punitive measure against criminal activities. “We’ve banned Yahoo Boys under Meta’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals Policy, one of our strictest policies...

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NewsNigeriaSoccerSportOsimhen’s Future with Super Eagles Uncertain After Social Media Outburst

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 19, 2024

Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen is facing a potential ban from the Super Eagles, the country’s national football team, following a controversial public social media spat with former coach Finidi George. The controversy arose after a disappointing start to Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, marked by a draw against South Africa and a loss to Benin. Following these poor results, George, under increasing pressure, resigned and then cast doubt on Osimhen’s commitment to the team,...

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NewsNigeriaKano TikToker Arrested by Hisbah for Allegedly Quoting the Quran Improperly 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 3, 2024

A popular Kano TikToker, identified as G-Fresh, has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board for allegedly making “inappropriate remarks” about the Quran. Details about the specific content of the TikTok video remain unclear. However, Hisbah spokesman, Aliyu Usman, stated that G-Fresh is accused of reciting the first chapter of the Quran, Surah Fatiha, in an “improper manner” during the last Eid al-Fitr celebrations in April. “He has been hiding for long and we...

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NewsWhatsApp launches private broadcast service ‘Channels’ in 150 countries

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 14, 2023

Meta has announced the launch of its ‘Channels’ feature for broadcast messages on WhatsApp in 150 countries globally. The feature was launched on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO “Today we are starting to roll out WhatsApp channels globally and adding thousands of new channels that people can follow in WhatsApp,” the post read. WhatsApp Channels is a new private way for users to get updates from people and organisations...

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NewsWhatsApp rolls out video messaging features

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 30, 2023

WhatsApp users can now record and share short personal videos of up to 60 seconds directly in WhatsApp chats, Meta says. The new feature was announced last Thursday. Meta said the video messaging feature builds on their voice message feature, allowing users to send short personal videos directly in chats. “Video messages are a real-time way to respond to chats with whatever you want to say and show in 60 seconds,” Meta’s said. “We think...

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NewsNigeriaTikTok introduces text-based content to inspire self-expression

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 25, 2023

TikTok has introduced text-based content on the social media platform as a “new way to express and share your creativity on TikTok.” TikTok announced the new feature on Tuesday. The statement reads: “Today, we’re thrilled to announce the expansion of text posts on TikTok, a new format for creating text-based content that broadens options for creators to share their ideas and express their creativity. “With text posts, we’re expanding the boundaries of content creation for...

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NewsNigeriaMusk accuses Zuckerberg of stealing Twitter’s intellectual property

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2023

Following the launch of Threads, a social media platform that has been dubbed ‘Twitter killer’, Elon Musk has accused Meta of trade secret theft through the hiring of ‘dozens’ of former Twitter employees. Threads, an Instagram-linked platform, went live on Wednesday evening with 30 million user sign-ups less than 24 hours after launching. The app’s concept bears similarities to Twitter’s core functionality, where users can reply to and conversationally build upon existing tweets. Meta’s CEO,...

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BusinessNewsNigeriaMeta to launch Twitter’s rival app, Threads on Thursday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 4, 2023

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, plans to launch a Twitter-rivalling micro-blogging app called Threads on Thursday, July 6. Already, Threads is available for pre-order on the Apple app store. “Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” the description on the app store reads. Described as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app”, Threads has a similar appearance to Twitter. This...

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NewsNigeriaMeta announces new features to edit ‘sent messages’ on WhatsApp

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 23, 2023

WhatsApp users can now edit sent messages to either correct a misspelling or add extra content to the message, Mark Zuckerberg says. In a Facebook post announcing the latest feature, Zuckerberg said messages can be edited up to 15 minutes after they’re sent. WhatsApp says the new feature is to enable users to have more control over their chats as hitherto, messages had to be deleted in case of errors or corrections provided in a...

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