Australia Fines X $465,000 Over Child Safety Failures

  An Australian federal court has ordered Elon Musk’s social media platform X to pay a fine of AU$650,000 (approximately US$464,900) after the company failed to adequately respond to demands from the country’s internet safety regulator regarding child protection measures, bringing to a close a legal confrontation that stretched over three years. The ruling, delivered…

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Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $1.25tn Ahead of IPO

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX has formally moved to list its shares on the United States stock market, setting the stage for what analysts and financial observers are describing as the largest initial public offering in Wall Street history, one that could fundamentally reshape the global wealth landscape and crown Musk as the world’s first trillionaire….

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NCC Overhauls 8-Year-Old Telecom Pricing Framework

Telecom Firms Spend N2.5tn on Network Upgrades

Nigerian telecommunications companies have committed 2.5 trillion naira to infrastructure upgrades to fix a worsening service crisis. This massive capital injection follows years of consumer complaints about dropped calls and vanishing data. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is driving this push to modernise a network that feels increasingly brittle under rising demand. Most of this…

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LinkedIn Faces EU Complaint Over User Data Access

A prominent European data privacy group has filed a formal complaint against LinkedIn with Austrian regulators, accusing the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform of selling user data while simultaneously blocking users from accessing their own information without charge. Vienna-based Noyb — an abbreviation for “None of Your Business” — lodged the complaint with the Austrian Data…

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INEC, Stakeholders Clash Over Tech Role In 2027 Elections

  Nigeria’s electoral umpire has restated its constitutional control over the collation and declaration of election results ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that emerging digital tools must not distort or weaken its mandate. Independent National Electoral Commission made the position clear in Abuja during the launch of the Situation Room Electoral Accountability Tracker,…

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NDPC Probes 1,369 Firms Over Violations

NDPC Shuts Network Following 1,500 Cyberattack Attempts

Nigeria’s data regulator recently folded its own digital shutters to survive a wave of aggression. The National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) endured 1,500 hacking attempts in a short window, forcing a temporary network shutdown. Dr Vincent Olatunji, the National Commissioner, confirmed the breach attempts during a training session in Lagos. This blackout was a defensive…

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