# People in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after parent company Meta said it faced large fines and unrealistic regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities. Last year, three Nigerian oversight agencies imposed fines on the US-based social media giant totalling more than 5.3-billion-rand for violating various laws and regulations. Meta was unsuccessful in a recent attempt to challenge the decisions in the federal high court in Abuja.
Meta threatens to cut off Facebook in Nigeria over huge fines