The Federal Government has directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate Meta, Alphabet, X and several Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms following a petition by Nigeria’s media industry alleging anti-competitive practices and the unauthorised use of journalistic content.
The investigation, ordered by President Bola Tinubu through Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, marks one of Nigeria’s most significant regulatory interventions in the country’s digital platform economy. Beyond competition concerns, the probe could redefine how global technology companies engage with Nigerian news publishers, particularly over the use of copyrighted content to develop AI systems.
The directive follows a joint petition submitted by the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO), comprising the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP).
At the heart of the complaint are allegations that dominant
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