The embattled lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, has accused the “state” of plotting to silence him. Narrating his ordeal in police custody, Melaye, a lengthy message on Facebook, said his opponents attacked him because of his love for the truth, but he has insisted he will never bow […]
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Facebook on Monday said it has suspended “around 200” applications on its platform as part of an investigation into misuse of private user data. The investigation was launched after revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica hijacked data on some 87 million Facebook users as it worked on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. “The investigation process […]
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Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. The decision follows weeks of intense pressure on the company, hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, after allegations emerged it may have […]
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world’s largest social network will soon include a new dating feature — while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook’s annual developers conference in San Jose, California — emphasizing that the […]
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Facebook found and removed 1.9 million social-media posts by the Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorists during the first three months of 2018, using new anti-terror algorithms.“In Q1[first quarter] we took action on 1.9 million pieces of ISIS [Islamic State terror group, outlawed in Russia] and al-Qaeda content, about twice as much from the previous […]
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Facebook has launched a fresh effort to quell the firestorm over the hijacking of personal data, by once again unveiling new privacy tools and settings to give users more control over how their information is shared. The new features follow fierce criticism of the social network giant after it was revealed that the personal data […]
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Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that the social media company made mistakes that allowed data about users to end up with the analytics firm Cambridge Analytica and vowed the company would make changes. Zuckerberg, in his first comments since the company disclosed on Friday the misuse of personal data, said in […]
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Facebook will soon start production of high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant’s executives said on Monday. The online platform, which has around two billion monthly users worldwide, is working on the project with a small group of partners and hopes to start putting […]
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The chief executive officer of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has written to US President Donald Trump, expressing “concern” over the executive order which temporarily suspended intake of refugees. Trump’s order had also stopped the issuing of visas to citizens of some Muslim nations. Zuckerberg reminded Trump that America had a longstanding tradition of helping nations in need, […]
Continue ReadingDr Islamiyat Oluwatoyin Abdulkadir, who had been orphaned since age six, has emerged the overall best graduating medical student at the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan.Abdulkadir, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a telephone interview from Sudan, said her academic achievements so far, seemed like a miracle. “My academic achievement […]
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