A Technology and Innovation Policy Advisor, Mr. Jide Awe has criticised WhatsApp’s threat to exit Nigeria over a $220 million fine, calling the approach narrow-minded.
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WhatsApp and its parent company, Meta Platforms Incorporated, have cited 22 reasons why the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) order imposing a $220 million penalty should be set aside by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, among others.
Nigeria’s consumer protection body, last week, placed a $220 million fine on Meta (WhatsApp) for data privacy violations. Meta has since rejected…
WhatsApp says its parent body, Meta, will be appealing the $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) regarding its violation of Nigeria’s data privacy laws.
A Milan court has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of 5,000 euros ($5,465) for making fun of her in a social media post, News agency ANSA and other local media reported on Thursday.
Australia’s internet safety watchdog on Monday fined Elon Musk’s X, saying the social media platform had failed to show how it is cracking down on child sexual abuse content.
A Federal Capital Territory high court, Maitama on Monday slammed N10 million cost on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and three others for fundamental rights violation.
The Nigerian government has imposed a $10 billion fine on a global cryptocurrency platform, Binance, which is at the center of a crypto crackdown in the country over ‘illegal transactions’.
Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has fined Google 4.6 billion rubles ($51 million) for repeated refusal to delete YouTube videos disseminating false information about Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
FIFA on Monday fined the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 150,000 Swiss Francs (CHF) (equivalent to N63,657,000) following fans’ misconduct on…