Breaking: After suspension on Twitter, Buhari’s govt sues Zuckerberg’s Meta, seeks 30bn penalty
The Nigerian government, on Tuesday, October 4, filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Incorporated at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
This happened after the owners of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp showed unapproved advertisements to the Nigerian audience, The Cable reports.
The suit which also mentioned Meta’s agent, AT3 Resources Limited, as one of the defendants, was filed by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON). ARCON stated: “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 same is vetted and approved before exposure is illegal, unlawful and a violation of the extant advertising Law in Nigeria.”
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