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Nigeria opens formal probe into Big Tech over news content use

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Nigeria has announced a formal investigation into technology firms over the use of news content, expanding the scope of its existing regulatory scrutiny of Big Tech platforms beyond data practices and AI. The probe sets a West African regulatory precedent on platform-media relations that Ghana's policymakers are likely to monitor.

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West Africa: Nigeria to Investigate Tech Firms Over News Content · allafrica.com · T3

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