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International Business Times
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Meta Fighting Nigerian Fines, Warns Could Shut Facebook, Instagram

Meta says it 'may be forced to effectively shut down the Facebook and Instagram services in Nigeria' (Credit: AFP)

Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations, reportedly threatening to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa's most populous country.

A Nigerian tribunal last week rejected the US social media giant's appeal against a $220 million fine imposed by the country's consumer protection agency, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).

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