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NITDA lauds Google, Microsoft, TikTok for Compliance with Code of Practice 2024 …. As Over 58m Harmful Contents Removed, 13.5m Accounts Deactivated

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commended Google, Microsoft, and TikTok for complying with the Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries and for submitting their 2024 compliance reports.   The Code, jointly issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and NITDA, provides clear guidelines on online safety and harmful content management.   In a statement signed by Mrs. Hadiza Umar, Director of Corporate Communications & Media Relations at NITDA, the agency said the reports offered valuable insights into how the platforms…

NCC, Google partner to drive Nigeria’s Digital Transformation

Emporium Reporters

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have expressed determination to work together toward advancing the actualisation of auspicious national targets for ubiquitous broadband access in furtherance of Nigeria’s digital transformation policy. This aligns with and gives unambiguous expression to NCC’s strategic vision plan centering on strategic partnership and collaboration with necessary stakeholders in order to achieve regulatory objectives.   The two organisations made the commitment when a delegation from Google Global Services Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja recently to…

Google Doodle celebrates Stella Adadevoh’s 62nd posthumous birthday

Emporium Reporters

Google on Saturday celebrated Stella Adadevoh, the physician whose expertise and heroic efforts helped curb the spread of Ebola in Nigeria in 2014. “Born in Lagos, Nigeria on this day in 1956, Dr Adadevoh descended from a long line of respected scientists and statesmen. “Dr Adadevoh completed her residency at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and West African College of Physicians and Surgeons before doing a Fellowship in London. “Following her fellowship in Endocrinology at Hammersmith Hospital, she returned to Lagos, where she spent 21 years at the First Consultants…