Nigeria, April 12 -- Meta Platforms, Inc. has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Lagos against a judgement of a lower court awarding $25,000 in damages to human rights lawyer Femi Falana over a video publication that allegedly violated his privacy.

The company's notice of appeal was dated 10 April to contest in a January 2026 judgement delivered by Olalekan Oresanya of the Lagos State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) in the suit marked LD/18843MFHR/2025.

In the judgement, the lower court ruled in favour of Mr Falana, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

Mr Falana reportedly filed the fundamental rights enforcement suit following a video clip posted on Facebook, one of Meta's social media platforms, by a third-party...