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Social media giant, Facebook has announced that Nigerians will pay 7.5 percent value-added tax (VAT) on all ad placements from January 1, 2022. The charge will also apply to those The post Nigerians to pay 7.5% VAT on Facebook ads from January 1 appeared first on Nigeria''s Top News Site .

Unison Asset Management LLC lessened its position in shares of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 19,251 shares of the social networking company’s stock after selling 59 shares during the quarter. Facebook comprises approximately 5.8% of […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she would suspend her campaign bid for governor in 2022, citing a desire to "finish her work" as attorney general. Why it matters: The attorney general had only announced her bid for governor just over a month ago and was seen by Democratic strategists, operatives and progressives as a potentially strong candidate for the position. James has amassed a strong national profile for filing lawsuits against former President Trump , Facebook , Google and the National Rifle Association . Her office''s investigation into sexual harassment accusations against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo culminated in his resignation earlier this year. If elected, James would''ve been the nation''s first Black female governor. What they''re saying: " I have come to the conclusion that I must continue my work as attorney general," James said in a statement obtained by Axios. "There are a number of important investigations and cases that are underway, and I intend to finish the job," she added.

Renren (RENN) stock is falling hard on Thursday following an update on a $300 million court case against the Facebook of China.

Northeastern University today told students, faculty and other workers they will have to show proof of a booster Covid-19 shot by Jan. 18. The only exceptions are for people who have gotten their second Pfizer or Moderna shot less then six months ago - or a Johnson and Johnson shot less than two months ago. Such people will then have a week after their minimum post-shot period to show proof of a booster. The new directive applies even to employees who have permission to work entirely remotely. Workers who don''t comply may be placed on unpaid leave. On-campus students may be temporarily suspended until they do. facebook twitter email print

Only a "limited number of people" in the U.S. will be allowed to make transactions on WhatsApp using the Novi digital wallet. The limited trial comes only six weeks after Meta (formerly Facebook) launched the pilot version of Novi in partnership with Coinbase and Paxos.

The ingenuity of technology startups never stops to amaze me. Who would have thought anyone would have built an app around WhatsApp, an instant messaging app owned by Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook)? However, when you look deeper into it, you realize it [] The post WATI.io, a WhatsApp customer engagement tool, raises $10M to accelerate growth and expand its global reach appeared first on Tech News | Startups News .

APPLE iPhone users who have opted out of app tracking are still being tracked by Facebook and Snapchat, according to a Financial Times report. Since Apple released its iOS 14.5 update earlier this year, iPhone users have had the ability to control and monitor who is tracking their data via the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature. []

Paris: Facebook misidentified tens of thousands of advertisements flagged under its political ads policy, according to a study released Thursday, which warned that the failure could lead to political manipulation. Researchers at Belgium''s KU Leuven university and New York University examined 33.8 million Facebook ads that ran on the social media site between July 2020 and February 2021. "This is the first known study to quantify the performance of Facebook''s political ad policy enforcement system at a large and representative scale," the team said in a summary of their findings. Facebook imposes stricter conditions on paid advertisements that concern "social issues, elections or politics," including posts that promote particular candidates. Ads labelled as political appear on the site with a disclaimer that explains who paid for them. Ads that are found to be political, when they were not declared as such, are taken down. But the researchers found that in 189,000 cases when Facebook reviewed an ad to check whether or not it should be treated as political, it was wrong 83 percent of the time.

Yesterday’s AWS outage drove many centralised exchanges to a standstill. The biggest crypto exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase were put off line, along with many others. This begs the question of, don’t we need more decentralisation, and can crypto provide this? Amazon Web Services (AWS) were down for at least half a day yesterday, causing chaos across the internet. The crypto industry was also hit hard. With AWS providing cloud services to around one third of the entire internet, its monopoly appears to show the dangers of such centralised power. According to an article on Business Insider India, even DyDx, an exchange dedicated to becoming completely decentralised, was put out of action due to still having too much dependency on the centralised servers provided by AWS. DyDx tweeted an admission later that highlighted the problems they were experiencing with their reliance on AWS’ centralised services. It really can’t be emphasised how important decentralisation is for the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

The metaverse is quickly growing as a way for communities to connect with each other. The expansion of the metaverse is leading companies such as Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB ), Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ) and others to invest in the development of the virtual world. Coins connected to metaverse NFTs, including The Sandbox (CRYPTO: SAND ) and Decentraland (CRYPTO: MANA ), have seen their values skyrocket over the last several months. The metaverse is now headed for cities and countries, with some already planting their flags in the virtual world. Seoul: The capital city of South Korea, Seoul, is one of the latest cities to announce plans to establish a presence in the metaverse. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced plans to launch Metaverse Seoul and invest around $3.3 million into the project. Metaverse Seoul will include a virtual city hall, tourism locations and social centers. The launch is the first time a major city government has invested heavily in the metaverse. The launch of Metaverse Seoul is part of a plan called Seoul Vision 2030 from the city’s Mayor Oh Se-hoon to build Seoul …

Spotify allows you to login and create an account with a lot of different websites. Including Facebook, Google and even Apple (if youre using an iPhone or iPad). So you dont need to create yet another login for another app. But this does mean that you are unable to change your password when you want [] Read More... The post How To Disconnect Spotify From Your Facebook Account appeared first on Android Headlines .

Facebook has announced that a limited number of people in the US will now be able to send and receive Novi payments from within WhatsApp.