Digital rights advocate Wale Bakare explains how Meta’s $220m fine marks a turning point for Nigeria’s digital sovereignty and user data protection.

Meta’s problems in Nigeria are not limited to data. The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria has also imposed a $37.5m fine for broadcasting ads without regulatory approval.

The NDPC had, on Feb. 18, imposed both a remedial fee of 32,800,000 million US dollars and eight corrective orders against ...

Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, was recently slapped with a hefty $220 million fine for violating the country's data protection laws.

Meta’s social media platforms — WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram — are among the most popular in the country. Meta has until the end of June to pay the fine, Nigerian media reported.

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a lawsuit filed ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totalling more than US$290 million in Nigeria.

Nigeria rebuffs Meta’s threat to quit country over data privacy fines The Nigerian FCCPC said Meta has faced similar penalties in the European Union and countries like the United States, India ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totalling more than $290 million in Nigeria. The fines were imposed by Nigeria’s Federal ...

Nigeria's data protection agency has fined Multichoice Nigeria Limited , Africa's biggest pay television company, 766 million ...

He reacted yesterday to threats by Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta, to cut the social media platforms from Nigeria, saying it faced large fines and unrealistic regulatory demands from ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totalling more than US$290 million in Nigeria. The fi ...