Facebook and Instagram threatens shutdown from Nigeria.
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It is increasingly worrying that Nigerians would not be able to access Facebook and Instagram after Meta, the parent company of these social media platforms, was fined hugely and then slapped with “unrealistic” regulatory requirements by the Nigerian authorities, according to a report by the BBC.Nigerian home decoration ideas.
Mta has been battling in courts with three oversight regulatory agencies in Nigeria where billions of dollars and millions of countries pounds last year were imposed on it for defaulting in different Nigerian laws and regulations.
The attempts by Meta to challenge the fines are at the federal high court in Abuja, but the attempts have not yielded results since the court has given that company up to June-end to pay.
Meta claimed in the court documents that, unless the fines were stayed, it would have to close down Facebook and Instagram in Nigeria to avoid enforcement actions. It owned WhatsApp, but mentioned nothing on that messaging platform in the present situation.
Facebook is the most widely used social media platform in Nigeria and has tens of millions of users for purposes of contact, news, and, most importantly, small businesses. Taking this away would be quite something on social and economics.
The principal areas of the fines are three complaints against Meta:
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has levied a $220 million fine on Meta concerning its alleged anti-competitive practices.
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The Nigerian advertising regulator imposed a $37.5 million penalty-on firms for advertising that is not pre-approved.
The Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) demanded such restructuring of the company by issuing its fine of $32.8 million for violating the laws on data privacy.
Meta expressed, through its legal proceeding, that it mainly concerned itself with the NDPC’s requirements, wherein it has to seek approval before moving personal data outside Nigeria. The firm called it as “as unrealistic” along with many other such regulatory requirements – such as each educational video about data privacy risk sponsored by the Institution approved by the government – to be attached.
This forced Meta to allege that the NDPC had misinterpreted privacy laws and that conditions were impractical and would severely impact its operations.
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