₦airaland Forum

ValarDoharis:
Tinubu looking for excuse to shutdown social media hitherto

That is their plans from the onset, but they forgot that social media has been alternative means of income to several Nigerians.

DeOTR:
Even though Meta revenue from Nigeria is more than what you stated, all I asked was "is $20million a joke to you?" Once you realize that Meta needs our audience, you'll know why they'll have a lot to lose.

With VPN the audience goes no where , when Buhari banned Twitter that was the year Nigerians joined Twitter the most ...FCCPC should better reduce that ridiculous fine to some around 10 million dollars

Good job, we r not giant of Africa for nothing now....

Let federal government solve this issue

papyjaypaul:
Nigeria has the highest users from Africa, second only to Egypt. That's a fact

Lol...how much are they paying? How much are Nigerian companies spending on Facebook? What is the marketing budget of the average Nigerian company Vs that of an European or American company?

I can assure you that the revenue they're making in Nigeria is much much lower than you think. Do you think they would even threaten to leave if they were making enough?

DeOTR:
Even though Meta revenue from Nigeria is more than what you stated, all I asked was "is $20million a joke to you?" Once you realize that Meta needs our audience, you'll know why they'll have a lot to lose.

but they told meta to pay $260m, if nigeria gives meta just $20m would it be wise for meta to pay that fine or just leave the country?

ClearFlair:
Lol...how much are they paying? How much are Nigerian companies spending on Facebook? What is the marketing budget of the average Nigerian company Vs that of an European or American company?

I can assure you that the revenue they're making in Nigeria is much much lower than you think. Do you think they would even threaten to leave if they were making enough?

Okay, if you say so. You seem to think that Egypt is any better but both Nigeria and Egypt are connected to their diaspora family through Facebook. It's not just about Nigeria but Nigerians. The only country that has the most 'black' people is Nigeria. Not USA, not Brazil. If they were not making money, they won't be here. Don't let them deceive you. This is how they make black people feel like they are nothing in the US but they are the biggest consumers of their haircare, fashion and other goods.

There was a time black people left TikTok or they went on strike because they said without them, those platforms are not engaging and they are just stealing their ideas. If they were not valued, let them go. Na so Twitter do shakara that time.

zero8zero:
You can't compromise Nigerians private data and think you can get away with it. This is the reason China doesn't allow US social media platforms in the country. Anyways, I like that FG is talking tough.

They can shut down, BBM will start its comeback from Nigeria, let me go and buy that blackberry my brother offered me for 20k
It will worth 250k when WhatsApp is shut down in Nigeria

FutureFocus:
They can shut down, BBM will start its comeback from Nigeria, let me go and buy that blackberry my brother offered me for 20k
It will worth 250k when WhatsApp is shut down in Nigeria

they'll use VPN

DeeScan:
population wise we should be but .. not everyone of us uses FB In Nigeria. Some has even abandoned it for the likes of Instagram and stuff ..


In Africa, south Africa holds the highest market of FB users

wrong information Egypt is number one followed by Nigeria, South Africa is third, behind those two countries

fuckJones:
we are going to invite mark Zuckerberg this time and lock him up and nothing will happen.... we are the giant of Africa, we lead others follow

Delulu

jojo1415:
They must pay those taxes

it's not taxing that's the problem, its fine

Bad leadership.

Shut wetin?...this na mediums we dey use cast them...werey wan disguise

Olat4421:
wrong information Egypt is number one followed by Nigeria, South Africa is third, behind those two countries

Egyptian use Facebook??


That's news .. I can bet there are more Philippines on Facebooks than Egyptianss

olaiya2007:
FG got nothing to loose.... Meta on the other hand got a lot to loose

They're not making much here. They pay fines elsewhere because they make much there.

JibrinAm:
Ah!
Abeg o.

If they shut these two now, how Will APC be posting their falsehood and propaganda on the social media?

People like Bayo Onanuga and Daniel Bwala can't pay the conventional media stations and papers to air their falsehoods. Maybe only on NTA. But who still dey watch NTA sef?😂😂

nairalander dey hear

Whatsapp should be banned, they spy on your chats.

Toothless bull dog. Like wetin the yeye Nigerian government go fit do? This one nah scope to make them leave on their own, and that is exactly what Nigerian government has been praying for to silence freedom of speech.

CorrectionFLuid:
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Those countries provided proof that data was breached.
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Yeah a lot of you are very slow on here, lol

Stephenomozzy:
Small yansh dey shake o

Una no fit dare 9mobile that has held many of its customer hostage for months now. Since March I have not seen any signal on my phone! 9mobile that is an organization with local roots in the country.... and una dey dare a social media platform that if they shut down, na we go still lose; you know how many of Meta's products Nigerians are using to grow their business?

Oga, why you dey talk like this na? Is 9mobile the only option in Nigerian telecoms? Na by force?

superamoled:
Small yaņsh dey shake

Nigeria no be small yansh when it comes social media o!
Meta has more to lose if they exit Nigeria

YoungBlackRico:
Yeah a lot of you are very slow on here, lol

And you're their leader.

jonsn:
Oga, why you dey talk like this na? Is 9mobile the only option in Nigerian telecoms? Na by force?

Oga mi, shey you no say if the network no get signal you no go fit port ni? You know how much i don waste for transport going to and fro their office? They literally hold my two business lines ransom

Meta should NOT pay this fine. This is the same thing the Federal Government did with Binance. It's EXTORTION.

Meta, please don't pay. Call their bluff. Take all your employees out of Nigeria before they're kidnapped arrested. I doubt you earn much money from Nigeria, your service to the country is largely a humanitarian exercise. If possible, get together with other social media giants and blacklist Nigeria.

Good Luck to Nigeria.

Ashawoman82:
but they told meta to pay $260m, if nigeria gives meta just $20m would it be wise for meta to pay that fine or just leave the country?

Nigeria is part of the "Rest of the World" category at Meta. From their publicly available data about last year revenue, Nigeria should not be contributing anything less than $100million out of it.
$260m demand might be an overkill, how many companies do you know in Nigeria that are making equivalent of $20m without paying any form of taxes? Facebook and Instagram make money from targeted ads. Do you think it's wise to lose 100m+ potential audience in Nigeria?

jojo1415:
They must pay those taxes

its not taxes my friend, learn to read please.