Izwe laseNigeria lifuna ukuhlawulisa i-Meta u-$290 million ngokwephula ubumfihlo bedatha kanye nemikhuba yebhizinisi engalungile ngemva kophenyo lwezinyanga ezingu-38 olwenziwa yi-Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) kanye neNigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC). Lezi zinhlawulo zifaka amaDola ayizigidi ezingama-220 ngokwephula umthetho wokuvikela abathengi, amaDola ayizigidi ezingama-37.5 wezikhangiso ezingagunyaziwe, kanye namaDola ayizigidi ezingama-32.8 ngokwephula uMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwedatha waseNigeria wango-2023.
Ngomhla ka-25 Ephreli, i-Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal yasisekela lesi sinqumo, yenqaba isicelo se-Meta futhi yayala ukuthotshelwa kuka-June 30, 2025. I-Meta yabiza izinhlawulo ngokuthi “azinangqondo” futhi yasabisa ngokumisa okwesikhashana i-Facebook ne-Instagram eNigeria, okungase kuthinte abasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-36 namabhizinisi athembele kulezi zinkundla zokuxhumana.
Icala ligqamisa ukuphusha kweNigeria ukulawula izinkampani zobuchwepheshe zomhlaba wonke, ukuhambisana nemizamo yomhlaba wonke yokuvikela idatha yabasebenzisi nobukhosi bedijithali. Uma iMeta imisa ukusebenza, ingaphazamisa umnotho waseNigeria wedijithali. I-Meta ihlela ukuphikisa isinqumo ngokuqhubekayo, futhi umphumela uzobumba indima yeBig Tech eNigeria. Okuthunyelwe ku-X kubonisa ukukhungatheka komphakathi, abanye abasebenzisi besekela isimo saseNigeria kanti abanye bakhathazekile ngokulahlekelwa ukufinyelela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.