Facebook, WhatsApp Instagram is back online For Users Globally After Six Hours’ Shut Down

Service appears to be restored for some Facebook and Instagram users after a global outage that disabled the social media platforms, owned by Facebook Inc, for nearly six hours. Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app was still experiencing issues late on Monday. In a tweet on Monday evening, Facebook confirmed its apps were coming back online and apologised to…

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Twitter has appointed Resident Grievance Officer in India

Twitter has appointed Resident Grievance Officer – India. The microblogging site has named Vinay Prakash as Resident Grievance Officer for India. He can be contacted on grievance-officer-in @ twitter.com, as per the site details. The moves comes pursuant to Article 4(d) of India’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, wherein Twitter…

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Five non-governmental organisations and four journalists have filed a suit against the Federal Government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja

In the suit filed on Monday, they asked the court to declare the indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria a violation of their human rights under international law. They also want the court to order the government to immediately rescind the suspension order and compensate them for the violation of their rights. The NGO applicants…

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FGN says it would restore Twitter operations in Nigeria if the platform would be used responsibly by the citizen

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama disclosed this after a meeting with some of the top envoys of various Diplomatic Missions in Nigeria. While highlighting that the responsibility of the government is to protect law, order, and human lives, Onyeama made it clear that there is no definite time for lifting the ban. “The condition…

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Facebook on Wednesday pledged to invest at least $1 billion to support journalism over the next three years as the social media

Nick Clegg, head of global affairs, said in a statement that the company is willing to support news media while reiterating its concerns over mandated payments. “Facebook is more than willing to partner with news publishers,” Clegg said after Facebook restored news links as part of a compromise with Australian officials. “We absolutely recognize quality…

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Google said Monday it would lift its ban on political ads on its platform imposed

A Google statement to AFP said the internet giant would from Wednesday lift the ban which was ordered to comply with its “sensitive events” policy. “We will continue to rigorously enforce our ads policies, which strictly prohibit demonstrably false information that could significantly undermine trust in elections or the democratic process,” the statement said.  …

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