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Mark Zuckerberg Reveals How President Biden’s Administration Pressured Meta To Censor COVID-19 Contents

Mark Zuckerberg
Meta Platforms CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has accused senior officials from the Joe Biden Administration of pressuring his company to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humour and satire, in 2021. In a statement on Monday addressed to Jim Jordan Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Jerrold Nadler, the committee’s Ranking Member, Zuckerberg revealed that his teams faced repeated demands from the White House to remove specific contents from Meta’s platforms. Zuckerberg stated that while Meta made its own decisions regarding content removal, the pressure exerted by the government was inappropriate. I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regretRead More

Arrest Of Telegram Founder Was Result Of Judicial Investigation; Not Political Decision – French President, Macron

Telegram Founder, Pavel Durov and French President, Emmanuel Macron
French President, Emmanuel Macron, has claimed that the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov was a result of a judicial investigation and not a politically-motivated decision. In a press statementRead More

African Fintech Has Potential To Attract Investors, Says Fintech NGR

Financial technology (fintech)
The Fintech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR) has further stated that the African Fintech has huge potential to attract more investors, given its growing investors’ confidence, which it said was aRead More

Twitter Investors Sue Elon Musk For Stock ‘Manipulation’ During Takeover Bid

Elon Musk
World’s richest man, Elon Musk has been sued by Twitter Inc. investors, claiming he manipulated the company’s stock price downward, when he mounted a $44 billion takeover bid for theRead More

Lagos Tops Africa’s Investment Destination For Digital Infrastructure

Lagos State
Technology experts who spoke at a virtual conference on the impact of growing investment in data centres in Africa have recognised Lagos State as the highest investment destination for digitalRead More

Donald Trump Not Returning To Twitter, Even After Musk’s Takeover

Former US President, Donald Trump vs Twitter
Will stick to his personal platform TRUTH Social Ever since Elon Musk launched his successful Twitter takeover bid promising free speech on the platform, everyone was speculating whether it wouldRead More

Elon Musk Reaches Agreement To Acquire Twitter For $44bn

World’s richest man, billionaire Elon Musk
Over 40 million Nigerians on microblogging platform World’s richest man, billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said. According to theRead More

Sanwo-Olu Performs Groundbreaking Of $250m Hyperscale Data Center

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a $250 million hyperscale data center by Kasi Cloud Limited in Lekki Peninsula, saying his administration was deeplyRead More

FG To Start Implementing Universal Licence On Microsoft Products

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami
Says company’s $200m ADC initiative will boost local talents in Nigeria The federal government yesterday disclosed that it would soon begin the implementation of universal licence on all Microsoft products,Read More

Google: Demand For African Tech Developers On The Rise

Google
Technology startups in the software development ecosystem in Nigeria and other African countries have continued to attract international investment and support, just as the over 700,000 software developers across AfricaRead More