Social Media

Facebook, Instagram and the widely-used WhatsApp messaging service have returned to normal after an hours-long global outage that disabled the Facebook-owned social media platforms for some six hours. In a post on Twitter on Monday…

Facebook domain has reportedly been stolen and put up for sale by yet-to-be identified hackers amid the global outage of the social media network. Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook have been shut down for the past hours with many users…

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have experienced an outage in Nigeria and several other parts for the world, users reported on Monday evening. All three apps are owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure. "Sorry, something…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday, October 1 approved conditional lifting of ban placed on microblogging giant, Twitter since June. The president made this known during a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary…

Facebook has paused its plans to roll out a version of Instagram for children under 13, following outcry from child advocates, parents and lawmakers. The photo-sharing service has, for a while, touted the idea of creating what is now…

Photo and video sharing social networking service, Instagram, says international fraudster, Hushpuppi, is free to continue using his social media account as he does not represent dangerous organisations or individuals. Hushpuppi (born…

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has come under heavy censure over his defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressive Congress (PDP). MDB earlier reported that Fani-Kayode was on Thursday presented to…

Instagram appears to have crashed on Thursday, September 2 as users around the world complain about the down time, it has emerged. According to DownDetector, an independent outage monitor website, more than 4,000 Instagram users have…

Twitter on Wednesday launched a long-promised “Super Follows” feature that lets creators sell subscriptions for access to special content. The feature, first revealed in February, will allow users to subscribe to accounts they like for a…

Twitter have on Wednesday announced it is testing a new feature that automatically blocks hateful messages, as the US site comes under increasing pressure to protect its users from online abuse. Users who activate the new Safety Mode…

TikTok has banned the viral “milk crate challenge” from its platform due to concerns that users participating in the trend could be seriously injured. The new craze is about stacking crates into a pyramid shape, then attempting to…

Facebook is ready to launch a digital wallet that would let users store cryptocurrencies, a senior company executive said in a US media interview on Wednesday. David Marcus, head of Facebook’s crypto unit, told The Information news site…

OnlyFans, a platform where creators can share erotic photos and videos for a fee, has on Wednesday announced that it has reversed its decision to prohibit sexually explicit content. Recall that last week, OnlyFans revealed plans  to…

Subscription site known for its racy content, OnlyFans will close down if it upholds its ban on sexually explicit content, sex workers and other users have said. The website which gained popularity during coronavirus pandemic…

Twitter on Tuesday announced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could contain misinformation, a scourge that has only grown during the pandemic. “We’re testing a feature for you to report Tweets that seem misleading – as…