Nigeria Opens Antitrust and Copyright Probe Into Meta, Google, X and AI Platforms

President Tinubu ordered an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices and unauthorized use of copyrighted news content for AI training, following a petition from a press organization.

Nigeria has launched an investigation into Meta, Google, X, and several AI platforms over alleged anti-competitive practices and the unauthorized use of copyrighted news content to train AI models, according to @AfricaisHOME2. The probe was ordered by President Tinubu following a petition from a press organization, putting the training-data question squarely on the agenda of a major African regulator.

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