Tag: Twitter
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Zuckerberg ‘mocks’ Twitter in leaked internal Facebook meetings
Founder Mark Zuckerberg in leaked internal meetings of Facebook laughed over the investment status of Twitter, stressing that the microblogging platform can’t put in investment as does his social media platform. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Zuckerberg was addressing the issue of potential breakup of Facebook in one of the meetings when he said Facebook’s investment on…
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Twitter abuzz over alleged attack on Ruggedman in London
Nigerians on Twitter have expressed their views over how rapper, Ruggedman was allegedly attacked at a London restaurant by four men. The ‘Baraje’ crooner who was very vocal in the #EndSARS campaign, shared a video, showing a fight at a restaurant. “Being attacked by four misguided boys will not deter me from fighting for the…
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EU donates laptops, smartphones to corpers
The European Union (EU) has announced plan to donate laptops and smartphones to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports only NYSC members who worked during the 2019 general elections in Nigeria will benefit from the EU donation. The laptops and smartphones are equipments the EU used for monitoring the 2019…
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Nigerians react as serie A side AS Roma launch Pidgin English Twitter account
Nigerians football fans have more to talk about after AS Roma launched a Pidgin Twitter account. The Italian Serie A club on Wednesday, announced the launch of a new Pidgin English Twitter account for fans in Nigeria and neighbouring countries in Africa. According to AS Roma, the Pidgin English Twitter account will help build and…
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EU urges Facebook, Google, Twitter to fight disinformation as European elections approach
As the electoral campaigns ahead of the crucial European Parliamentary elections will start in March, the EU need to see more progress on the commitments made by Facebook, Google and Twitter to fight disinformation, it said. The online platforms, signatories of EU’s Code of Practice against disinformation, failed to provide enough details showing that new…
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Trending: Desmond Elliot in trouble for commissioning toilet in Surulere
Nigerians have berated Nollywood star cum Politician, Desmond Olusola Elliott, who represents the people of Surulere constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly, for commissioning a public toilet for his constituency. Elliott, who is seeking a second term in office on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party, said the…
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Twitter launches political ad tracking tools in Europe ahead of key EU polls
Twitter on Tuesday rolled out tools in Europe which would make it easier for voters to identify political campaign ads tied to crucial European Parliament elections in May amidst fears of Russian disinformation campaigns and threats of regulatory action. Social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have come under pressure to do more to combat…
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Russia wants Facebook, Twitter to localize users database
Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom watchdog, has said it will punish Facebook and Twitter if they decline to move the database of Russian users to Russia. Roskomnadzor head, Alexander Zharov was quoted to have said this on Tuesday. “The companies will either have to localize the databases within a certain period of time, which I suppose…
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Twitter records better-than-expected revenue despite drop in users
Twitter recorded a better-than-expected increase in revenue, according to fourth-quarter report released on Thursday, despite drop in monthly active users in the same period. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Twitter attributed the drop in monthly active users, in part, to its campaign of deleting millions of abusive accounts. Twitter’s overall revenue rose to $909 million in the…