{"id":809,"date":"2025-05-15T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=809"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:32:17","slug":"300m-fine-against-meta-could-shutdown-facebook-and-instagram-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"$300m fine against Meta could shutdown Facebook and Instagram in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/meta-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/meta-1.webp 800w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/meta-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/meta-1-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has warned it could shut down its services in Nigeria if ongoing disputes with regulatory bodies remain unresolved. The tech giant is facing close to $300 million in fines and says Nigeria\u2019s data protection demands are excessive and unrealistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techpoint.africa\/news\/facebook-instagram-shutdown-nigeria\/\">To read more click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has warned it could shut down its services in Nigeria if ongoing disputes with regulatory bodies remain unresolved. The tech giant is facing close to $300 million in fines and says Nigeria\u2019s data protection demands are excessive and unrealistic. To read more click here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}