Tag: Twitter
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Facebook blocks more accounts linked to foreign entity
Facebook on Tuesday said it blocked more accounts, in addition to the about 115 accounts it blocked over the weekend, in the run-up to the US midterm elections that saw Democrats capture US House majority. The company said a website claiming to be associated with Russia-based Internet Research agency published a list of Instagram accounts…
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IBB denies owning any Twitter handles
Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retired), former military president, has said that Twitter handles bearing his names and photographs were fake. Babangida, in a statement signed by his media aide, Zubairu Abdulrauf, said that he had no social media account, and advised members of the public to ignore claims to that effect. Zubairu, in the statement made…
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Google deletes YouTube accounts with ties to Iran
Google has announced deleting 58 accounts with ties to Iran on its video sharing platform, YouTube and some other of its sites. The recent removals targeted 39 channels on YouTube, which had more than 13,000 views in the United States, as well as 13 accounts on the social networking site Google Plus and six accounts…
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‘Dangerous’ for Twitter, Facebook to ban accounts, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that it is “very dangerous” for social media companies like Twitter and Facebook to silence voices on their services. Trump’s comments in an interview with Reuters come as the social media industry faces mounting scrutiny from Congress to police foreign propaganda. Trump has made his Twitter account –…
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State prosecutor insists Twitter ban in Iran remains
State prosecutor in Iran on Tuesday insisted that Twitter remained banned in the country, refusing a request by the communication minister to lift the ban. “Twitter belongs to our American enemies. … Therefore, the Twitter ban will not be lifted,” Deputy Chief Attorney-General, Abdolsamad Khoramabadi, said. The minister should endeavour to promote local internet services…
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Adeosun returns to Twitter with FEC reports, Nigerians demand her NYSC certificate reports
32 days after Premium Times, an online newspaper, broke the report of the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun’s alleged forgery of her National Youth Service Corp [NYSC] exemption certificate, the accused [Adeosun] collapsed every communication channel to her office, went underground and never gave a response on the issue. However, on Wednesday evening, the…
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Trump accuses Twitter of targeting Republicans, offers no evidence
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Twitter on Thursday of restricting the visibility of prominent Republicans on its platform, and promised to investigate. Trump did not, however, provide any evidence to that effect. “Twitter ‘SHADOW BANNING’ prominent Republicans. Not good. “We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once!” the Republican president wrote in…