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Meta Tightens Content Policies, Removes 10 Million Fake Accounts

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3 weeks ago

July 16, 2025

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has intensified its crackdown on inauthentic activity, announcing the removal of over 10 million fake profiles and 500,000 spam accounts in the first half of 2025.

The move is part of a broader push to combat impersonation, copycat content, and fake engagement on the platform. According to a blog post released Monday, Meta said the effort aims to boost original content and ensure genuine creators get more visibility and credit for their work.

“We’re making progress,” the company said. “In the first half of 2025, we took action on around 500,000 accounts engaged in spammy behaviour or fake engagement. We also removed about 10 million profiles impersonating large content producers.”

As part of the update, Meta will penalise accounts that repost content without permission or meaningful edits. These penalties include reduced reach in Facebook feeds and loss of access to monetisation tools.

To further support originality, Meta is rolling out tools that will trace duplicated content back to its source. It is also warning users against posting watermarked content from other platforms, saying such behaviour may result in reduced visibility or demonetisation.

New post-level insights are also being added to Facebook’s Professional Dashboard, allowing creators to track post performance and monitor for potential restrictions.

Meanwhile, Google’s YouTube has introduced similar measures, announcing it will no longer allow mass-produced or highly repetitive content to earn ad revenue. While the change caused some initial confusion, YouTube clarified that AI-enhanced storytelling remains monetisable under the new policy.

Both Meta and YouTube say these initiatives are part of broader efforts to maintain content quality and protect creators in an increasingly competitive digital ecosystem.

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CIoD appoint new DG Nolas-Alausa

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8 hours ago

August 5, 2025

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The Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (CIoD Nigeria) has announced the appointment and resumption of Dr. Taiwo Nolas-Alausa as its new Director General/Chief Executive Officer.Dr. Nolas-Alausa succeeds Mr. Bamidele Alimi, who completed his second and final four-year term as the DG/CEO of the Institute on 31 July,2025.

He is aLearning and Development Consultant with over 22 years of leadership experience across Africa.

Dr. Nolas-Alausa brings to CIoD Nigeria a dynamic blend of strategic insight, communication expertise, and a deep commitment to institutional growth and capacity building.

The President and Chairman of the Governing Council, CIoD Nigeria, Otunba Adetunji Oyebanji, said: “On behalf of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria, I am pleased to officially welcome Dr. Taiwo Nolas-Alausa as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute.

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LASG declares 176 estates illegal for lacking approved layouts

Permanent Secretary, Office of Physical Planning, Oluwole Sotire, disclosed that some of the identified illegal estates include Adron Homes, Elerangbe; Aina Gold Estate, Okun-Folu; Diamond Estate, Eputu; Prime Water View Garden, Ikate-Elegushi, and Royal View Estate, Ikota, among others.

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9 hours ago

August 5, 2025

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Lagos State Government has declared 176 estates at the Eti-Osa, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki, and Epe axis of the state illegal.

He added that the illegal estates compromised the sustainable development ethos and the T.H.E.M.E.S+ agenda of the government by operating without approved layouts.

Consequently, the government has given the owners a 21-day ultimatum to process their layout approvals.

The estates, which were deemed illegal due to the failure of the owners to obtain layout approvals from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, were listed in a document published by the ministry, yesterday.

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VISA: US demanding $15,000 down payment for some visitors

The funds will be returned if the applicant complies with all visa terms. If the applicant remains in the United States past the deadline, the funds will be forfeited.

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10 hours ago

August 5, 2025

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The US State Department says that some visa applicants will soon be required to pay bonds of up to $15,000 to discourage visa overstays as part of President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on migration.

Starting later this month, the pilot program will require applicants from certain countries to pay a sum of “no less than $5,000” as collateral for the issuance of their visa.

The funds will be returned if the applicant complies with all visa terms. If the applicant remains in the United States past the deadline, the funds will be forfeited.

“Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $15,000 as a condition of visa issuance,” the agency said in a notice to be published Tuesday in the US Federal Register.

The 12-month program would only affect foreign nationals from countries considered to have “high visa overstay rates” based on a 2023 Department of Homeland Security report, the notice said.