President Bola Tinubu has directed the FCCPC to investigate Google, Meta, X, and Generative AI platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and unlawful exploitation of Nigerian media content.
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the FCCPC to investigate Meta, Alphabet (Google), X, and Generative AI platforms over alleged anti-competitive practices and unlawful use of Nigerian news content, PUNCH reports.
The move follows a joint petition by the Nigerian Press Organisation. FCCPC boss Tunji Bello said the probe would be independent and evidence-based, examining unauthorised scraping of journalistic content for AI training and denial of fair compensation to publishers.
The investigation comes a year after the FCCPC fined Meta $220m over data privacy breaches, a decision the company has appealed.
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