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  • Twitter begins operation to wipe out millions of “fake” followers

    Twitter begins operation to wipe out millions of “fake” followers

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Twitter will on Thursday run a major operation to delete accounts of fake followers, its president in charge of trust and safety has announced. Vijaya Gadde said in a statement that the clean-up will affect accounts that were frozen over the years for suspicious behavior. “This week, we’ll be removing these locked accounts from follower…

  • Shocking! Nigerian ladies join #BigBreastTwitter trend

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Nigerian ladies have joined the #BigBreastTwitter trend and it has sparked mixed reactions amongst Nigerians on Twitter. While some young Nigerian men see it as an opportunity to ogle on the pictures, others simply condemned the trend as indecent and unnecessary. Women are mostly bothered about the size of their boobs, whether it is big…

  • Breaking: Cambridge Analytica shuts down operations

    Breaking: Cambridge Analytica shuts down operations

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    SCL Elections and its offspring data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytic (CA), have filed applications to commence insolvency proceedings in the United Kingdom that will also affect operations of certain SCL affiliates. TheNewsGuru reports the Company is immediately ceasing all operations and the boards have applied to appoint insolvency practitioners Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP to act…

  • Cambridge Analytica: Twitter involvement comes to light

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    After the Facebook data scandal, it has now come to notice that Twitter had also sold data access to a Cambridge Analytica researcher who gathered the data of nearly 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge, The Sunday Telegraph reported. According to the report, Twitter sold public data access in 2015 to Aleksandr Kogan, then…

  • JUST IN: APC announces new official Internet platforms

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Following reports by TheNewsGuru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rejigging its Internet platforms, the ruling party has announced the launch of a newly-designed website and other official social media handles. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi made this known on Sunday after the party recently acknowledged that it had no official…

  • APC Nigeria moving platforms

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    From all indications, Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is rejigging its platforms on the Internet, ranging from its websites to its social media handles. TheNewsGuru reports Twitter erupted in confusion on Saturday after Spokesman of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi disowned the party’s supposed official account, @APCNigeria. For the upteenth time, @APCNigeria IS…

  • ‘Nigeria’s ruling party, APC’s Twitter is either sold or hacked’

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The internet was abuzz on Saturday over the news that The All Progressives Congress (APC) Twitter account, @apcnigeria has been taken over by hackers. Recall that the ruling APC campaigned, won the 2015 presidential election and communicated with over 700,000 Nigerians via this same handle. According to a tweet from the hacker, the account was…

  • Twitter CEO rejects salary payments 3rd year in a row

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey in 2017 declined to receive his salary payments for running the micro-blogging for the third straight year. “As a testament to his commitment to and belief in Twitter’s long-term value creation potential, our CEO, Jack Dorsey, declined all compensation for 2017,” a proxy statement Twitter filed with the US…

  • Twitter’s CEO battles President Trump over YouTube HQ shooting

    Twitter’s CEO battles President Trump over YouTube HQ shooting

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    After shooting at YouTube headquarters left a man and two women injured with gunshot wounds, Twitter’s founder and chief executive officer Jack Dorsey has called out on President Donald Trump to other than praying, evolve policies to address incessant shootings in the United States. Chaos erupted at the Google-owned video sharing platform offices in California…