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Apr

05

2025

Meta Shuts Down Fact-Checking; Community Notes Take Over As Approach to Online Moderation

NewsFacebook, Meta, World News

Meta, Facebook's parent company, is indeed shutting down its fact-checking program in the US. As of Monday, the program will be "officially over," meaning no new fact-checks will be conducted, and the fact-checkers will be let go. This move is part of a larger shift towards community-based moderation, where users will be responsible for flagging and correcting misinformation. Meta will introduce "Community Notes" on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, which will allow users to add notes to posts that may be misleading or inaccurate. Critics argue that this change may lead to an increase in misinformation, as users may not have…

Oct

04

2022

By Chimamanda

FG sues Meta, owners of Facebook, Whatsapp, seeks N30bn

Business, EconomyBusiness, Economy, Facebook, Metro, Nigeria

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria has lodged a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp platforms and its agent – AT3 Resources Limited – at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division. This was disclosed in a statement by the highest regulatory body for Nigeria’s advertising, ARCON. ARCON is arguing that Meta Platforms Incorporated has continued to expose the Federal Government to loss of revenue adverts. It is seeking N30bn in sanction for the violation of the advertising laws and for loss of revenue. The statement read in part, “ARCON reiterates that it…

Oct

29

2021

By OHAFIATV

Facebook changes name to ‘Meta’

Economy, NewsAmerica, Economy, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, World News

Social media giant, Facebook has changed its name to Meta. Facebook made the statement on its official social media pages. According to Facebook chief, Mark Zuckerberg, the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. Speaking during the annual developer conference, he said, “We’ve learned a lot from struggling with social issues and living under closed platforms, and now it is time to take everything that we’ve learned and help build the next chapter. “The metaverse is the next evolution of social connection. It’s a collective project that will be…

Oct

29

2020

By OHAFIATV

Mark Zuckerberg tells US Congress to upend the internet

Economy, News, PoliticsAmerica, Economy, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Metro, World News

Facebook supports rewriting Section 230, and it’s starting to lay out the changes it wants. That’s the big takeaway from a nearly four-hour grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The point was quickly lost in a pre-election political scuffle — but in the coming months, it’ll be one of the most important things to watch. Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a foundational internet law. The event was supposed to examine whether Section 230 protections — which protect web services and sites of all…