Twitter suspends Nigeria after president’s tweet was deleted
Nigeria’s government has announced an indefinite suspension of Twitter in the country, two days after the social media company removed a post from president Muhammadu […]
Twitter Nigeria: Users struggle to access site after government suspension
Access to Twitter through Nigeria’s main phone providers has been blocked, according to reports from Lagos and the capital, Abuja. It is still accessible on […]
BREAKING: MTN, Airtel, Glo, Others Block Access To Twitter In Nigeria
The PUNCH reports that telecommunications companies in Nigeria including MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9Mobile have started blocking access to the microblogging site, Twitter. The telcos […]
Twitter Ban Difficult To Enforce In Nigeria, Say ICT Experts
Does Nigeria have what it takes to enforce Federal Government’s ‘indefinite suspension’ of Twitter? Some Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts believe it does not. […]
Twitter Ban: Photos From Fg’s Meeting With US, Canada, UK Envoys In Abuja
The Nigerian Government met with Envoys of the United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Canada and the European union in Abuja on Monday to discuss the […]
Trump hails Nigeria for banning Twitter
Buhari, Trump Former U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Nigeria for suspending the operations of Twitter in the country. Trump, in a statement on Tuesday […]
Twitter’s algorithm favours right-leaning politics, research finds
Twitter amplifies tweets from right-leaning political parties and news outlets more than from the left, its own research suggests. The social-media giant said it made […]
British entrepreneur sells company to Twitter
British entrepreneur sells company to Twitter British entrepreneur Nick D’Aloisio, who sold the mobile app Summly to Yahoo for $30m (£21.73m) at the age of […]
Twitter will remove images tweeted without consent
Twitter has said images or video of private individuals shared without their permission are now against its policies and can be removed on request. […]
Jack Dorsey’s Square changes its name to Block
Days after Jack Dorsey resigned as chief executive of Twitter, his other company is changing its name. Square, the digital-payments company he owns and […]