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The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has released vetting rates for ads on social media. The Council will charge between ₦7,500 and ₦100,000 to vet the social media ads before it goes live. This is coming after ARCON said in 2022 that advertisers will be required to obtain pre-exposure approval for all adverts.
There are more than 30 million social media users in Nigeria, but with smartphone and Internet penetration expected to rise, how will social media affect political processes in Nigeria?
Instagram is rolling out a new feature that allows users to schedule posts in advance directly from the app. The feature is available to professional accounts and will allow users to schedule Photo, Reels, and Carousel posts up to 75 days in advance. Why this matters: Content creators and social media managers have always had…
WhatsApp has announced that it will make some privacy-related changes to its messaging app to protect the privacy of its users. Screenshot blocking, leaving groups quietly, and stealth mode are among these features.
As the concerns for whether Twitter would succumb to the Nigerian government’s conditions is finally laid to rest, it calls to mind the issue of privacy and free speech on the social media platform and questions if more censorships will surface later
The Nigerian president has once again raised Nigerians’ hopes about the indefinite #TwitterBan. As it were, it continues until the social media company agrees to the government’s terms. What is the implication for the populace?
As Nigerian content creators hunt for @YouTube’s $100 million Shorts Fund for YouTube Shorts content creators, we curate six ways to spice up your Shorts life.
More than two months after access to the micro blogging platform, Twitter was indefinitely suspended by the Nigerian government, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has revealed that the ban might soon be lifted.
Following a commitment to invest KSh1.6 billion in digitising its banking process, @AbsaKenya has launched its WhatsApp banking offering to allow users to conduct transactions via chat.
Project Management software company, @clubhouseio is changing its name to Shortcut. The reason it gave is the meteoric rise of the live-audio platform @Clubhouse. An interesting side-effect
The disappearing posts feature started by @Snapchat in 2013 has seen adoption by other social media platforms. However, @Twitter has scrapped the feature due to low usage. Are more platforms facing the same problems? Let’s dive in.
Trying on clothing online, an AI store attendant and Shops on @WhatsApp. @Facebook strives for online shopping dominance with new eCommerce updates. However, this raises more privacy concerns.
Another installation in the sequence of events following the #TwitterBan sees the West African regional court, ECOWAS restrain the Nigerian government from imposing further sanctions on the social media platform.
The Nigerian government has approved a team of Ministers to oversee its negotiation with @Twitter over its ban. This comes two weeks after the platform indicated its willingness to negotiate.
In what appears to be another attempt by Nigeria’s broadcast regulator to stifle journalism, NBC has directed all broadcast stations to deactivate their Twitter handles and stop using User Generated Content (UGC).
Although this is not the first time the Nigerian government is attempting Internet censorship, it has taken a most curious route. We look at the legal issues surrounding the Nigerian #TwitterBan
On Friday, June 4, #VPN made it to the Twitter trend table after the government banned Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. Although VPNs can bypass the #TwitterBan, are they safe and private? Are free VPNs really free?
IMEI, #Twitterban, and now an Internet firewall. Nigeria’s clampdown on its cyberspace is taking the same form as China’s. How extreme will it get? Let dive deep
New reports suggest that Nigeria is working with China to build an Internet firewall. If built, it would give the government full control over what Nigerians can access on the Internet… even VPNs
The Nigerian government has announced the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Facebook and other social media platforms could be next. Let’s try to make sense of this.