US Capitol assault probe subpoenas social media giants

The congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol on Thursday subpoenaed records from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit that would detail the use of social media in the attack.
#subpoenas #socialmedia

A UK school reportedly apologised after pictures of its 'grim' Christmas lunch went viral

Parents said they were left "upset" and "disgusted" by a Christmas meal served at Steyning Grammar School and Sixth Form College in West Sussex, United Kingdom on Tuesday. In a local Facebook group, parents described the meal which consisted of a bread roll, slice of turkey, pig in a blanket, mince pie, and a ball of stuffing as "disgusting"
#UK #lunch #christmas #steyninggrammarschool

Like Facebook, Zoom To Start Charging 7.5% VAT From Nigerian Users

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom) says it will begin to charge 7.5 percent value-added tax (VAT) on customers in Nigeria from January 1, 2022. Zoom said this in a statement issued on Monday. Last week, TheCable had reported that Nigerians will pay the same amount on Facebook ads from January 1.
#zoom #vat #Nigeria #facebook

Donald Trump Raises £1bn For His New Social Media Platform To Rival Twitter

The former US president, who is banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, hopes to launch his Truth Social app next year. He claims it will provide a forum that will not restrict freedom of speech. And he argued the financial backing “sends an important message to Big Tech that censorship and political discrimination must end”.
#truth #donaldtrump #twitter

Twitter, Facebook To Unmask Online Trolls In Proposed Legislation In Australia

Australia will introduce legislation to make social media giants provide details of users who post defamatory comments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. The Government has been looking at the extent of the responsibility of platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, for defamatory material published on their sites and comes after the country's highest court ruled that publishers can be held liable for public comments on online forums.
#twitter #facebook

Bianca Ojukwu Celebrates Her 27th Wedding Anniversary

Bianca Ojukwu, wife of late Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, took to Facebook to celebrate 27th wedding anniversary with her late husband, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu today 12th November 2021.
#biancaojukwu #chukwuemekaojukwu

Osita Chidoka Blasts IPOB Over Sit-At-Home, 'No Election' In Anambra

In what appears to be a "love gone sour" situation, Osita Chidoka has lampooned IPOB on his Facebook page over their calls for "biafrans" to Sit At Home during the Anambra governorship election should the leader of the proscribed group remain in custody beyond the 5th of November 2021.
#ositachidoka #ipob #biafra

Apostle Sammy Smith Gives Live Sermon Outside His BURNING Home

A South Carolina preacher gave a live sermon as he filmed his house burning on Sunday, reminding his followers that 'God is good.' Apostle' Sammy Smith, 64, founder of the Grace Cathedral Ministries in Piedmont, South Carolina, live-streamed his burning home on Facebook on November 7 saying he never lost faith - just his razor.

Facebook Changes Its Name To Meta In Major Rebrand

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”
#facebook #metaverse #markzukerberg

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is reportedly being funded by the billionaire founder of eBay

Fighting one of the most powerful companies in the world can be expensive, but Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has the billionaire founder of eBay in her corner, according to a Wednesday Politico report.
#facebook #ebay #franceshaugen

Capitol attack: Police officer pleads not guilty to charges he tried to obstruct investigations

A US Capitol Police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges that he obstructed a probe into the 6 January attack on the Capitol complex by supporters of then-President Donald Trump by urging a participant to destroy Facebook posts showing him inside, warning that he could be prosecuted.
#capitolattack #donaldtrump #capitolcomplex

Mark Zuckerberg’s Impostor, Others Jailed For Internet Fraud In Ilorin

A 21 year-old internet fraudster, Jatto Sheriff Umar, who posed as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, in order to defraud unsuspecting victims via online relationship, was on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 convicted and sentenced to prison for offences bordering on personation and cybercrime.
#cybercrime #markzukerbergimposter #fraud

Facebook, Whatsapp And Instagram Now Back Online

Facebook, and WhatsApp are gradually making their way back online. Note that these two apps including Instagram – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – stopped working shortly before 5pm today October 4, Other related products, such as Facebook Messenger and Workplace also experienced same outage.
#facebook #whatsapp #instagram

Facebook Outage Likely Caused By Internal Mistake; outside hack less likely

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as it worked on restoring the services after being hit by one of its longest outages.
#facebook #whatsapp #instagram

Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion In Hours As Facebook Plunges

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline.
#markzukerberg #facebook #whatsapp #instagram

Mark Zuckerberg approved project pushing pro-Facebook stories into users’ news feeds, report

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally approved an internal effort to push positive stories about the besieged company via users' News Feeds, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
#markzukerberg #facebook

Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show. Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public

About a year ago, teenager Anastasia Vlasova started seeing a therapist. She had developed an eating disorder, and had a clear idea of what led to it: her time on Instagram.
#instagram #facebook #socialmedia