Nigerian President Bola Tinubu directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, or FCCPC, to investigate U.S. technology companies Meta, Alphabet and X, as well as generative artificial intelligence companies operating in Nigeria, over their alleged anti-competitive practices, unauthorized exploitation of copyrighted news content and use of journalistic material from Nigerian news outlets to train generative AI models, Daily Trust reported on July 6. The FCCPC is tasked with determining whether the companies have violated Nigeria's Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, or FCCPA, and denied local media organizations opportunities to negotiate fair compensation for the use of their content.

Tinubu's order for an inquiry comes after the Nigerian Press Organisation, which represents newspaper owners, journalists' unions, ⁠broadcasters and online publishers, submitted a joint petition to the Nigerian presidency to that effect. Many groups represented by this organization have expressed growing concerns over the impact large tech companies and generative AI are having on their commercial sustainability. The FCCPC issued a $220 million fine to Meta in July 2024 for violating the FCCPA, including data privacy breaches. On June 26, Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on countries that advance regulations "designed to harm or discriminate against American Technology."