The United Kingdom said Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move to follow other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to…
Canada bans TikTok on government devices
Canada will ban video app TikTok from all government-issued devices starting on Tuesday. The decision follows a review by Canada’s chief information officer, and the app “presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security”, a government spokesperson said…
European Commission bans TikTok on staff devices
Staff working at the European Commission have been ordered to remove the TikTok app from their phones and corporate devices. The commission said it was implementing the measure to “protect data and increase cybersecurity”. TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance,…
US Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devices
The United States Senate late on Wednesday passed a Bill to bar federal employees from using Chinese-owned, short video-sharing app TikTok on government-owned devices. The vote is the latest action on the part of US lawmakers to crack down on…
Woman docked for allegedly posting obscene materials on Tiktok
A 34-year old woman, Gift Okpomini, was on Thursday docked in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly posting obscene materials on a couple on Tiktok. The police charged Okpomini, whose address was not provided, with three counts…
Katie Gregson-MacLeod: I woke up to absolute madness
Scottish singer-songwriter Katie Gregson-MacLeod has told how she woke up to “absolute madness” after posting a 45-second clip to TikTok. Overnight, the chorus of her song Complex amassed 100,000 views and comments from musicians Gracie Abrams, Lennon Stella and Maisie…
Youth bulge and politics in Nigeria — Magnus Onyibe
It is no longer news that Nigerian democracy is undergoing a youth revolution. The assertion above is evident in the fact that wherever you look in the virtual world, you would behold an increasing number of our youths passionately engaging…
*Lagos tenant rapes neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter, commits suicide (Punch)*Lagos police arraign three suspects for lynching commercial sex worker (Guardian)
Lagos tenant rapes neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter, commits suicide (Punch) A man, identified only as Kayode, has committed suicide after his neighbour’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their house in the Oja-Amukoko area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro…
Another Cybercrime Act as FG releases guidelines to regulate social media
The Federal Government of Nigeria has released a Draft Code of Practice to guide the operations of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Google, TikTok, and other social media platforms in the country. Part of the code, which seeks to regulate social…
FBI busts TikTok star after identifying his sneakers
The FBI arrested an aspiring social media influencer after it connected him to a series of robberies by identifying his sneakers in TikTok videos. Michigan resident Chozen Terrell-Hannah, 22, could be seen dancing while wearing Nike sneakers with red spots…
