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Meta Targets $135bn on AI Spending

January 29, 2026

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to almost double its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) this year, signalling a major push to transform its operations and increase productivity. CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp Users to Pay Under New Plan

January 27, 2026

Meta says it will begin testing premium subscription services across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, as the company looks to expand paid offerings alongside its free social media platforms. The technology firm said

Meta Warns Users Against Holiday Shopping Scam

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Meta To Sack Employees In Africa, Europe, Asia Starting Monday

February 10, 2025

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Thread, WhatsApp and Instagram, has announced plans to sack more employees across its operations in Africa, Europe, and Asia starting Monday (today). This was made known

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Australia To Ban Under 16 Children From Social Media

November 12, 2024

Australia Sets Age Limit for Social Media Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has announced a plan to ban children under 16 from social media platforms, citing a need to protect young people

Meta Simplifies Monetization Programs For Facebook Creators

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Meta Simplifies Monetisation Programmes For Facebook Creators

October 3, 2024

Meta’s Streamlined Monetisation System for Creators Meta is making it easier for Facebook creators to earn money on the platform by combining its three existing monetisation programmes into one. Previously, content creators

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Instagram Moves To Block Teens from Violence, Offensive Words

September 19, 2024

A new feature aimed at protecting teens from offensive language and violence among other vices has been introduced by Instagram. Meta, parent body and owners of facebook and Instagram made this known

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Meta Removes 63,000 Social Accounts Linked To Nigerian Scammers

July 25, 2024

Meta said it has detected and deleted over 63,000 Instagram accounts and thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were used by scammers, also known as ‘yahoo boys’ for financial sextortion schemes

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Update: Facebook, Instagram Services Restored

March 5, 2024

A few hours after social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram were shut down across the globe, the service of the platforms has now been restored. The outage, which occurred on Tuesday,

Technology

Facebook Messenger To Discontinue SMS Support

August 9, 2023

Facebook has revealed its intention to withdraw the provision of SMS function via its Messenger platform, heralding a departure from the integrated approach that it had introduced in 2016 for Android smartphone

Technology

Meta’s AI Helps Drive Revenue, Boost Engagement On Facebook, Instagram – Zuckerberg

April 28, 2023

Highlights – Mark Zuckerberg attributes Meta’s increased Q1 2023 revenue to the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that recommends content to users, leading to a 24% increase in time spent on Facebook

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Like Twitter, Meta Introduces Paid Verification Service For Facebook, Instagram

February 23, 2023

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has launched a new subscription service, ‘Meta Verified’, providing users with the coveted blue verification badge for Facebook and Instagram accounts. To obtain this badge, users

Technology

WhatsApp Latest Feature Now Lets You Chat With Yourself

January 26, 2023

WhatsApp has created a new feature that lets you create a private chat thread with yourself within the app that can be used to store personal notes and media. This new feature

Technology·Top Stories

DPC Slams Meta With 5.5 mn Euro Fine For EU Data Breach

January 19, 2023

Meta has been fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) for breaches of EU data protection regulations by its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC). Recall that

Mark Zuckerberg Reveals What Being Meta CEO Feels Like

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Mark Zuckerberg Makes N437 billion, As Meta Investors Ignore Nigerian Gov’t Lawsuit

October 4, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth grew on Tuesday by 2.08 per cent amid a faceoff between his company, Meta Platforms and the Nigerian government over unapproved advertisements targeting Nigerian audience. Zuckerberg’s networth rose to

Company Sues Zuckerberg For Stealing Its Name, Meta

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Mark Zuckerberg Loses $76.8 billion In Total Networth, Drops On America’s Richest List

September 27, 2022

Meta co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has lost his spot on the top ten richest people in the United States. The Chief Executive Officer of Meta fell out of the list, ranking as the

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Loses N98.09 billion, Drops Out Of Top 15 Richest List

June 28, 2022

In the last one year, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has gone from being the fifth richest person, to not being listed among the top fifteen billionaires across the world, as

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New Law To Make Facebook, Google Start Paying Online News Publishers

April 8, 2022

Canada has proposed legislation, meant to compel two big internet giants, Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content, henceforth. Entitled the “Online News Act,” or House of Commons bill

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Facebook Asks Nigerian Customers To Update Records By Feb 25

February 10, 2022

Facebook has declared that Nigerian customers should update their value-added tax (VAT) identification numbers by February 25. The social media giant said this in a statement issued on Thursday. The company said

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Facebook Deletes Ethiopia PM’s Post That Urged Citizens to ‘Bury’ Rebels

November 4, 2021

Facebook has removed a post from Ethiopia’s prime minister for violating its policies against inciting violence. On Sunday, Abiy Ahmed called on citizens to take up arms to block the advance of

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Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Having Down Time

October 4, 2021

SOCIAL Media sites like Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram have abruptly shutdown leaving thousands of users across the world stranded in the digital world.

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Meta Targets $135bn on AI Spending

Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp Users to Pay Under New Plan

Meta To Sack Employees In Africa, Europe, Asia Starting Monday

Australia To Ban Under 16 Children From Social Media

Meta Simplifies Monetisation Programmes For Facebook Creators

Instagram Moves To Block Teens from Violence, Offensive Words

Meta Removes 63,000 Social Accounts Linked To Nigerian Scammers

Update: Facebook, Instagram Services Restored

Meta’s AI Helps Drive Revenue, Boost Engagement On Facebook, Instagram – Zuckerberg

Like Twitter, Meta Introduces Paid Verification Service For Facebook, Instagram

WhatsApp Latest Feature Now Lets You Chat With Yourself

DPC Slams Meta With 5.5 mn Euro Fine For EU Data Breach

Mark Zuckerberg Makes N437 billion, As Meta Investors Ignore Nigerian Gov’t Lawsuit

Mark Zuckerberg Loses $76.8 billion In Total Networth, Drops On America’s Richest List

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Loses N98.09 billion, Drops Out Of Top 15 Richest List

New Law To Make Facebook, Google Start Paying Online News Publishers

Facebook Asks Nigerian Customers To Update Records By Feb 25

Facebook Deletes Ethiopia PM’s Post That Urged Citizens to ‘Bury’ Rebels

Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Having Down Time

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