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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Nigeria to investigate tech firms over news content use

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed the ​country's competition regulator to ​investigate major technology companies over alleged anti-competitive practices and ​unauthorised use of news content, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission said late on Monday.

The FCCPC said the inquiry would examine complaints by Nigerian media ‌groups against ⁠companies including ⁠Meta, Alphabet, X and generative artificial intelligence platforms operating in Nigeria.

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