The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has filed a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and its agent, AT3 Resources Limited, at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division.
ARCON is seeking a declaration, among others, that the continued publication and exposure of various advertisements directed at the Nigerian market through Facebook and Instagram platforms by Meta Platforms Incorporated, without ensuring the same is vetted and approved before exposure, is illegal, unlawful, and a violation of the extant advertising law in Nigeria.
ARCON stated that Meta Platforms Incorporated’s continued exposure of unvetted …
London (CNN Business) Governments and medical officials are scrambling to provide the public with accurate and timely information about the novel coronavirus. But those efforts are being undermined by the spread of medical misinformation and fake cures on one of the world’s most popular messaging platforms.
Disappearing Messages
WhatsApp is working on a new feature called “disappearing messages”, that will be available in next updates.
As the name suggests, any message eligible to be “disappeared”, will be automatically deleted from the chat!
How is a message eligible to be “disappeared”? At present, when the chat is marked as “disappeared”
