Government Officials on Monday said some social media networks will be temporarily blocked in Sri Lanka, after messages shared online raised religious tensions that have been running high since the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.
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Facebook has closed 23 Italian pages, including many supporting the country’s populist government parties for spreading fake news and breaking other social network rules.
Twitter is making headway in tackling online terrorism content on its platform as it suspended more than 166,000 accounts in the second half of 2018, the social media company said on Thursday.
The Catholic Church in Germany hopes to turn 50 new priests into social media influencers by offering a two-day “smart camp” starting on Wednesday in Cologne.
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, did not suffer any heart attack as claimed by some social media reports, his Media Adviser, Valentine Obienyem, said on Tuesday.
Some fans of the Big Brother Naija reality show have advised show runners to start the new season or risk losing money from audience votes.
Music enthusiasts and fans of American singer, Solana Rowe a.k.a. SZA, have continued their reactions over her recent adoption of a Nigerian name “Amarachi Chinonso’’ on social media.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has unequivocally stated that the planned 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Federation slated for April 13 in Abuja will go on as planned.
The Nigerian Communications Commission has urged Nigerians to be cautious of information they divulged to people on the social media and other ICT platforms.
Brazil international striker Alexandre Pato shas left Chinese Super League side Tianjin Tianhai, the former AC Milan forward announced on social media.
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Thursday urged Nigerians to disregard the rumour going around in the social media that he was involved in an accident.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised the public to be wary of election “results’’ circulating on social media.
The police command on Sunday debunked trending social media reports that commuters were being killed at Anguldi Junction in Jos South Local Government Area of the state.
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, denied reports in the social media that he had already flown out of Nigeria and would not be in the country for the 2019 polls.
The routes through which President Muhammadu Buhari will pass during his visit to Lagos for the All Progressives Congress presidential rally on Saturday have been released.
Senator Magnus Abe of the All Progressives Congress, representing Rivers South-East Senatorial Zone, on Friday warned against the use of abusive words on the social media by aggrieved party faithful.
Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, aka RMD, has advised his followers to desist from living “fake lives” for online buzz.
Popular Nigerian singers, Olamide and Lil Kesh, are currently receiving a major backlash for their new song perceived to promote ritual killings and illegal means to make money.
Oluyinka Oguntimehin, the National Publicity Secretary, Oodua Peoples Congress, on Friday, said the organisation was not in disarray as speculated in the social media.
In an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Minna, Mohammed said that social media use could make or mar the upcoming elections in the country.