25 results
- 22 Dec 2025
DPLAN Threatens NDPC with Legal Action for Setting aside $32.8m Meta Fine
Data Privacy Lawyers Association of Nigeria (DPLAN), a professional body dedicated to fostering the growth and advancement of privacy and data protection, has issued a formal pre-action notice to the…
- 16 Jul 2025
NDPC Asks Court to Dismiss Meta’s Suit Challenging $32.8m Fine
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has prayed the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja to dismiss, in its entirety, a suit filed by Meta Platforms, Inc. challenging the sanctions imposed on it.…
- 12 Apr 2026
Meta Files Appeal over $25,000 Damages Awarded to Falana
Meta Platforms, Inc., global technology company, has filed an appeal against the judgment of the Lagos State High Court delivered in favour of Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, setting the stage for…
- 16 Aug 2024
Paradigm Initiative Urges Meta to Show Transparency in Govt Interactions over $200m Fine
Paradigm Initiative, civil society organisation, has called on Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC to demonstrate greater transparency in their dealings with the Nigerian government and relevant…
- 25 Jul 2024
Osun, Delta Fine Google, Meta $350m Each for Alleged Tax Evasion
Osun and Delta states’ tax authorities have fined Google Nigeria and Meta Platforms Inc. $150 million and $200 million, respectively, for alleged non-remittance of withholding tax. The fine is…
- 25 Apr 2025
Tribunal Upholds FCCPC’s $220m Fine against Meta, WhatsApp
Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has upheld a $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC for…
- 10 Jul 2026
EU warns Meta over addictive Facebook, Instagram designs, threatens fines
European Union has warned Meta Platforms Inc. that it could face a significant financial penalty unless it changes what regulators describe as the “addictive design” features of Facebook and…
- 19 Jul 2024
FCCPC Slams $220m Fine on WhatsApp, Facebook over ‘discriminatory practices’ in Nigeria
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has imposed a $220,000,000 penalty on Meta Platforms Incorporated over alleged discriminatory practices against Nigerian data and…
- 3 Nov 2025
Meta, NDPC Resolve $32.8m Privacy Dispute Out of Court
Meta Platforms, Inc., has, reconciled its differences with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) in the suit it filed to challenge NDPC’s $32.8m fine imposed against it. The legal dispute…
- 14 Jan 2026
Falana Wins $25,000 Damages from Meta over Fake Illness Video
Lagos High Court at TBS has awarded $25,000 in damages in favour of Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) in his $5 million lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., the US-based technology company owned by Mark…
- 5 Oct 2025
FG, Meta to Settle Alleged $32.8m Privacy Breach Fine Out of Court
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and Meta Platforms Inc. have moved to settle their dispute over the regulator’s $32.8 million fine and a slate of compliance directives issued against the…
- 31 Oct 2025
Meta, NDPC to Finalize $32.8m Data Privacy Settlement Terms November 3
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and Meta Platforms Inc. are set to formally adopt the final terms of a $32.8 million data privacy settlement before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nov.…
- 4 May 2025
FCCPC Warns Meta: Quitting Nigeria Won’t Erase Legal Liabilities
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has hit back at Meta Platforms Inc, warning the tech giant that its threat to exit Nigeria will not erase its legal responsibilities or…
- 4 May 2025
NPAN Hails Tribunal’s Ruling on FCCPC’s $220M Fine Against Meta
Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has welcomed the decision of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCT) upholding the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Inc.…
- 19 Jul 2024
Court Strikes Out FG’s N30b Illegal Ads Suit Against Meta
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the N30 billion alleged illegal advertisement lawsuit instituted against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp…
- 7 Jul 2026
Court Declares ARCON’s N60Bn Fine against Facebook Nigeria Illegal
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos has declared the N60 billion fine imposed by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) on Facebook Nigeria Operations Limited…
- 26 Feb 2025
Meta Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Hiring Bias
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit alleging that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram prefers hiring foreign workers to pay them less than American…
- 26 Sept 2025
Meta Slammed $220m Fine on for Data Breaches- FG
Federal government has provided clarifications and insights on the ongoing investigation launched against Meta, a social media platform, for data infractions. The government, through the Federal…
- 9 Feb 2025
Femi Falana Files $5 Million Suit Against Meta for Alleged Invasion of Privacy
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has filed a $5, 000, 000 (Five million US dollar) suit before a Lagos High Court against the United States of America-based organization Meta Platforms…
- 9 Jun 2026
NDPC, Meta Launch 2-Year M-SIDP after Regulatory Settlement
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched the Meta-Supported Initiatives for Data Protection (M-SIDP), a strategic programme aimed at strengthening data privacy awareness, regulatory…
- 18 Oct 2022
Coursera Partners with NITDA to Drive Nigeria’s Digital Economy Growth, Tackle Youth Unemployment
Coursera Inc., a global online learning platform, today announced that it is partnering with Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to facilitate the country’s…
- 4 Aug 2022
Pan African Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision not to Shut Down the Internet
The Kenya government’s decision not to shut down the internet and also ensure the media continues to operate freely before, during and after elections has been lauded by digital rights and inclusion…
- 24 Jan 2025
Mobile App Usage to Drop By 25 Percent on AI Assistants- Study
By 2027 mobile app usage will decrease by 25 per cent due to AI assistants, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone users will turn to AI assistants, such as Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Google Gemini,…
- 4 Apr 2025
Report Suggests a Slash in Mobile App Usage By 2027 Due to AI Assistants
By 2027 mobile app usage will decrease by 25 per cent due to AI assistants according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone users will turn to AI assistants, such as Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Google Gemini,…
- 23 Jan 2024
Aleph Group Inc. Taps Stanislaus Martins as Managing Director for West Africa
Aleph Group Inc., an ecosystem of global digital experts and technology-driven solutions that enables the growth of digital marketing, announces the appointment of Stanislaus Martins as Managing…