Facebook suspended, the government is not obliged to “justify or explain” (Spokesperson)

Almost two weeks after the suspension of the mobile Internet first and later of the social networks, mainly Facebook, the government reacted on Wednesday. He does not intend to “justify” or “explain himself”.

“I am in the same situation as you. Since that time I have not also had access to Facebook,” said government spokesman Alkassoum Maiga after the Council of Ministers.

APRNEWS - At least eight Afghan police were killed in an airstrike during a clash with the Taliban, an official said Friday, in the latest incident of potential friendly fire in the conflict.

Police were fighting the Taliban in Helmand province late Thursday when the Afghan forces called for air support.

APRNEWS - Microsoft Corp will invest $100 million to open an Africa technology development centre with sites in Kenya and Nigeria over the next five years, the company said on Tuesday.

APRNEWS - Spyware crafted by an “advanced cyber actor” infected multiple targeted mobile phones through the popular WhatsApp communications program without any user intervention through in-app voice calls, the company said.

APRNEWS - Facebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate, Chris Hughes, has called for the break-up of the social network in an opinion piece in the New York Times.

APRNEWS - Lawyers in Chad on Thursday presented an application to the courts seeking an order to force government to lift a social media blackout.

But the Appeals Court struck out the case allowing the government to continue the blackout which has been in force since March 2018.

APRNEWS - A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook “digital gangsters” who failed to fight the spread of fake news and violated data privacy.

APRNEWS - Fifteen years after its founding, Facebook has made strides toward Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of connecting the world. But it has also made some huge missteps that have turned some of its cheerleaders into vocal detractors.

APRNEWS - In a bid to fight fake news globally, popular messaging app, WhatsApp is limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five, company executives said on Monday.

The messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, is hoping to fight “misinformation and rumours”.

APRNEWS - Embattled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he has no plans to resign, sounding defiant after a rough year for the social platform.

“That’s not the plan,” Zuckerberg told CNN Business when asked if he would consider stepping down as chairman.