Technology

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125 Instagram accounts, as well as 200 pages and 76 groups originating in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria and…

Facebook on Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU’s top court, which said that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide. In a closely watched judgment, the European Court of Justice said EU law “does not preclude” courts from ordering “the removal of information or to block access…

Truecaller App is under investigation by the federal government for alleged violation of the privacy rights of Nigerians. Truecaller, which boasts over 7 million Nigerian subscribers, is said to be operating with a privacy policy that does not comply with global laws on data protection and the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation for its…

An employee of Facebook died by apparent suicide on Thursday morning, Menlo Park police reported and the company confirmed. “We were saddened to learn that one of our employees passed away at our Menlo Park headquarters earlier today,” a Facebook spokesperson is quoted to have told many Online media outlets. The employee, a male, was…

Twitter said Friday it has closed down thousands of accounts across the world for spreading fake news as well as pro-government propaganda, including in places like the United Arab Emirates, China and Spain. Accounts coming from China seeking to sow discord among protesters in Hong Kong were closed down, as were accounts amplifying a pro-Saudi…

It is not uncommon for people to forget to notify their banks whenever a personal information about them has changed. Bank users specifically tend to forget to inform their banks whenever they change or lose their phone numbers, even though this common mistake can be costly as it may grant unauthorized access to their bank accounts. A phone…

It has been over twenty-four hours of disaster for the internet, as most internet services including WhatsAPP, Facebook and Instagram have experienced glitches that has impacted millions of users worldwide. IT STARTED WITH CLOUDFLARE Yesterday at about 2:00 GMT CloudFlare, a popular reverse proxy that provides content delivery network (CDN)…

Facebook is set Tuesday to unveil a bid to bring cryptocurrency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants. The world’s biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching next year that it hopes will avoid the rollercoaster volatility of “blockchain”…

Facebook’s WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones without their knowledge. “WhatsApp encourages people to upgrade to the latest version of our app, as well as keep their mobile operating system…

The three social media platforms controlled by Facebook Inc. -Instagram, WhatsApp ­and Facebook (including Facebook Messenger) – have been down globally since Sunday morning. A site that monitors downtime of websites, Downdetector.com, indicates that Facebook and other social networks it controls were down since 6:30 a.m in many parts of the…