Twitter chooses Ghana as Africa HQ
THE Nigerian and Ghanian Twittersphere has been set abuzz over the announcement of the choice of Ghana as headquarters of the microblogging platform. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive officer, announced
‘Twitter on the Continent’: Tech Giant Sets Up African HQ in Ghana
Twitter has announced its African presence by setting up a base of operations in Ghana. The tech giant said in a statement that it is actively building a team in
Russia says it will keep throttling Twitter traffic in weeks to come
Russia plans to maintain the reduced data speeds it imposed on Twitter until at least the middle of May, state communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Monday. At the same time,
Nigeria's #EndSARS Protesters Still Face Frozen Bank Accounts and Jail Time
Protestors against police brutality are still being targeted by the Nigerian government, which is itself avoiding accountability.This post was originally published on this site
First tweet on Twitter fetches $2.9 mn at auction
The first message ever fired off at Twitter sold on Monday for $2.9 million when its sender Jack Dorsey accepted the winning bid for the collectible as a “non fungible
Strange Twitter bug bans users for mentioning ‘Memphis’
Twitter users who used the word “Memphis” found themselves temporarily locked out of their accounts at the weekend because of a bizarre bug. Several users shared screenshots showing messages from
Russia slows Twitter’s speed over failure to remove banned content
The Russian state communications watchdog on Wednesday said it was restricting the use of Twitter by slowing down its speed, accusing the social media platform of repeatedly failing to remove
Google, Facebook, Twitter sued for not deleting protest content – Ifax
Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court
Cryptocurrencies: Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade
More cryptocurrency trading goes on in Nigeria than almost anywhere else in the world, reflecting a loss of faith in more traditional forms of investment.This post was originally published on
Twitter to ban users who persist with Covid-19 lies
Twitter said Monday it will start labeling misleading tweets about Covid-19 vaccines and boot users who persist in spreading such misinformation. The one-to-many messaging service introduced a “strike system” that
