Tag: Twitter
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What Aminu Mohammed told Aisha Buhari after release from prison
Following his release from prison, a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Mohammed, has apologised to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, for “hurting” her.
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Again Twitter suspends Kanye’s account for violating rules
Twitter Inc on Friday suspended Kanye West’s account again, just two months after the rapper’s account was reinstated, as his tweets violated the social media platform’s rules. Twitter-owner, Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, had welcomed the return of the rapper, now known as Ye, to the platform in October. In his…
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EU warns Musk to avoid violating new rules that attract ban in the 27-nation bloc
The CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk, has been warned by a top European Union official to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content, to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc. Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner…
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Student who criticised Aisha Buhari, Aminu Adamu secretly remanded in prison
Aminu Adamu Mohammed who criticised Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari on Twitter recently and arrested by security operatives has been arraigned by the police. Aminu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.
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Musk announces granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts
New Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has announced that it would be granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation. The billionaire’s announcement came after he asked in a poll posted to his timeline to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not “broken…
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Trump declines returning to Twitter, says it’s not necessary
The immediate past president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has said he’s not interested in returning to Twitter following a slim majority voting for the reinstatement of the him. Recall that Twitter under the previous owner banned Donal Trump for breaching the rules nd regulations of the blue App.
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Elon Musk commences Twitter poll on whether to bring back Trump
Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, started a poll late on Friday asking followers to vote on whether to reinstate former U.S. President Donald Trump’s account on the platform, with early results showing roughly 60% voting yes. “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted, a Latin phrase that roughly means meaning “the voice of the…
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We won’t allow Twitter, Google, others to spark crisis in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said Twitter, Facebook, Google and the like would not be allowed to throw the country into a crisis situation.
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We are monitoring activities on Twitter – Minister of information
Speaking at the 3rd edition of the ‘PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023’ series on Thursday, the Minister of information, Lai Mohammed stated that, the government is monitoring activities on Twitter following its takeover by a new owner. According to Lai, he said “Many have asked for our reaction following reports that there has been a spike…
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Musk begins survey on changes in content quality on Twitter
Twitter owner Elon Musk launched on Thursday a survey about changes in the content of the social network. Musk asked his followers on Twitter to answer “yes” or “no” to the question “Are you seeing far fewer bots/scams/spam?” According to the poll, 52.1 per cent of respondents answered the question in the affirmative, while 47.9…