Tag: Twitter
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Ducks don’t play with lions- Wizkid slams Tekno
Following the ongoing battle for supremacy between Wizkid and Davido, Afropop singer Tekno has waded into the social media spat. Tekno threw a jab at Wizkid saying time will tell who has more international appeal between himself and Davido. He puts it this way:“Na just time, soon we go know who international pass.I just dey…
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Why I am quitting twitter-Ed Sheeran
Talented singer, Ed Sheeran has finally vacated Twitter. The singer was recently attacked on Twitter by Lady Gaga’s fans after they assumed he referred to her in an interview. He said there is no reason for him to allow people call him all sorts the way most Twitter users do.He also mentioned that the social…
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President Trump encouraging violence against reporters – CNN
American basic cable and satellite television news channel, Cable News Network (CNN) is lamenting the tweet jabs US President Donald Trump is throwing at the TV network. GOP strategist and CNN commentator, Ann Navaro called the President’s tweets an incitement to violence against reporters. “This is just going way too far,” she said, adding: “The…
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Twitter for Android gets automatic night mode
Twitter has updated its Android app to introduce automatic night mode for all its users. First, the app featured a manual toggle that allowed it to switch to night mode, but with version 7.2, it can now be turned on and off automatically as well. This feature went into beta last week, and has now…
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Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube form grand alliance
A host of Internet tech giants have teamed up to form a grand alliance known as Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism with the aim to help make their hosted consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists. The spread of terrorism and violent extremism has become a pressing global problem and a critical challenge…
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Facebook launches anti-extremism UK training program
Facebook is launching a program in the UK to train and fund local organizations to combat extremist material online, as internet companies attempt to clamp down on hate speech and violent content on their services. Facebook, which outlined new efforts to remove extremist and terrorism content from its social media platform last week, will launch…
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Meet the new ‘seductive’ Twitter design
In efforts to ‘seduce’ newcomers, Twitter once again is redesigning its app across mobile, desktop and the web. The revamp isn’t a radical departure from its prior look-and-feel or user experience – unlike when it introduced its own stories-like feature called Moments, for example, or when began reordering the tweets in your timeline. Instead, the…
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UK to fine Facebook, Google for terror content – Theresa May
Prime minister Theresa May has confirmed the UK will look to create a new ‘legal liability’ that could see Facebook, Google, Twitter and other leading tech firms fined if they don’t remove “unacceptable content” from their websites. In a brief statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office, May says the UK has formed a partnership…
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President Trump violates US constitution, rights institute declares
A free-speech institute on Tuesday sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding the prolific tweeter President unblock certain Twitter users on grounds the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. TheNewsGuru reports some Twitter users had sued the President to the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York saying…