Child bride auctioned on Facebook in ‘barbaric use of technology’ (CNN)

Facebook has come under fire for a “barbaric use of technology” that allowed the sale of a child bride to be held on its site. An auction was held on the social media platform for a 16-year-old girl in South…

Mark Zuckerberg refuses to resign despite Facebook crisis (CNN)

After spending much of this year apologizing for Facebook’s many missteps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was defiant in an exclusive interview with CNN Business on Tuesday. Zuckerberg resisted growing calls for changes to Facebook’s C-suite, reiterated Facebook’s potential as a force…

Child bride auctioned on Facebook in ‘barbaric use of technology’ (CNN)

Facebook has come under fire for a “barbaric use of technology” that allowed the sale of a child bride to be held on its site. An auction was held on the social media platform for a 16-year-old girl in South…

Child bride auctioned off on Facebook (CNN)

Facebook has come under fire for a “barbaric use of technology” that allowed the sale of a child bride to be held on its site. An auction was held on the social media platform for a 16-year-old girl in South…

Lagos car radio licence policy: To be or not to be? * Firm to build Lagos-Abuja 45 minutes rail (Vanguard)

Lagos car radio licence policy: To be or not to be? When Lagos State introduced the car radio licence policy in 2017, conservative estimates put the revenue at 170 million naira. The annual car radio license policy introduced by the…

Facebook ‘used to incite Myanmar violence’ (BBC)

Facebook has said it agrees with a report that found it had failed to prevent its platform being used to “incite offline violence” in Myanmar. The independent report, commissioned by Facebook, said the platform had created an “enabling environment” for…

Facebook sorry for ‘white supremacist ad’ (BBC)

Facebook has apologised after it approved an ad campaign targeted at people interested in a conspiracy theory favoured by white nationalists. News site The Intercept was able to launch a promotion aimed at 168,000 users interested in “white genocide.” Prosecutors…

Why only truly indigenous e-commerce companies are champions – Dr. Ajit Singh

By midday on Tuesday September 4th 2018, a remarkable development, whose reverberations are still felt today, shook the e-commerce world and the whole of Wall Street. Amazon, an American e-commerce giant, had followed Apple Inc. to become the second U.S.…

Married man posts nude photos of ex-girlfriend on Facebook (Punch)

A married man, Ayan Olubunmi, was on Wednesday handed a two-year jail term with a fine of N500,000 by a Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for posting nude pictures of his ex-lover, Arare Monica, on Facebook. The News Agency…

Facebook builds a ‘war room’ (CNN)

Facebook has set up a “war room” at its California headquarters as part of its plans to avoid a repeat of the 2016 election, when misinformation was rampant on the platform. The room is designed to bring leaders from the…

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