Nigeria asks Facebook to curtail hate speech
CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIA is monitoring Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook and other platforms to ensure they comply with demands to curtail hate
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Content moderator in Kenya sues Meta over working conditions
AYENAT MERSIE A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions
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SA tackles Facebook, WhatsApp over dominance
SOUTH AFRICA’S Competition Commission said it had referred Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms to a tribunal for allegedly abusing its
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Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders
MUNSIF VENGATTIL and ELIZABETH CULLIFORD META Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against
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Facebook owner to ‘assess feasibility’ of human rights review on Ethiopia practices
ELIZABETH CULLIFORD FACEBOOK owner Meta Platforms said it would “assess the feasibility” of commissioning an independent human rights assessment into its
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Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a ‘wake-up call’ for social media
RINA CHANDRAN and AVI ASHER-SCHAPIRO A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, is
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Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence
ELIZABETH CULLIFORD ROHINGYA refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for $150 billion over allegations
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EXCLUSIVE-Facebook unblocks ‘#saltbae’ hashtag after Vietnamese minister’s golden steak
JAMES PEARSON FACEBOOK’S parent company has unblocked the hashtag for celebrity chef Nusret Gokce’s nickname ‘#saltbae’, having found the tag
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Facebook says it removed troll farm run by Nicaraguan government
ELIZABETH CULLIFORD FACEBOOK has revealed that last month it removed a troll farm with more than 1,000 Facebook and Instagram
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Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally
ELIZABETH CULLIFORD and BRAD HEATH Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global
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