IN today’s fast-paced digital world, staying informed as an active and responsible citizen has become both easier and more challenging. The abundance of information online offers unprecedented access to knowledge, yet it also presents risks such as misinformation, biased reporting, and cybersecurity threats. To navigate this complex landscape, individuals must …
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Court Orders Disclosure of Nigerian Government’s Agreement With Twitter
JUSTICE Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Ministry of Information to disclose the details of the agreement between the Federal Government and X (formerly Twitter). This decision aims to assess whether the agreement aligns with …
Read More »Elon Musk Removes Twitter.com From X Profiles, Shifts Them To X.com
ELON Musk’s online platform X has removed another remnant from its Twitter past nearly 10 months after the tech mogul changed the social media service’s name. The controversial multi-billionaire has removed twitter.com from profiles on the site, From now on, users who type in twitter.com will be directed to “x.com,” …
Read More »Twitter Begins Paying Nigerian Creators
Some Nigerian creators have received payments from microblogging site, X, formerly known as Twitter. The payment is X’s ad-revenue sharing program for creators. Reports gathered that Twitter owner, Elon Musk, began paying eligible US Blue subscribers (now known as X premium) in July after he announced the initiative in February. …
Read More »Elon Musk Unveils New Logo, Name For Twitter
Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk and its new CEO said Sunday that the social media network would ditch its bird logo, be rebranded with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce. Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from the sound of birds chattering, and it has …
Read More »Twitter Loses Nearly Half Advertising Revenue Since Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter has lost nearly half of its advertising revenue since Elon Musk purchased it for $44 billion (£33.6 billion) last October, according to its owner. He stated that the company did not observe the predicted growth in sales in June, but that July was “a little more promising.” In an …
Read More »UN Panel Demand Release Of Saudi Women Jailed For Using Twitter
Salma al-Shehab, 34, was accused of ‘assisting those who seek to cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security by following their Twitter accounts’. Photograph: democracy now Two Saudi women sentenced to decades in prison over social media use have been held arbitrarily and should be released, according to …
Read More »Twitter Limits The Number Of Posts Users Can Read Per Day
TO address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: – Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day – Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day – New unverified accounts to 300/day
Read More »Facebook Owner Meta Plans To Create Twitter Rival
META has shown staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter, sources have told the BBC. It could allow users to follow accounts they already follow on Instagram, Meta’s image-sharing app. And it could potentially allow them to bring over followers from decentralised platforms such as …
Read More »Twitter Suspends Osinbajo’s Verification Badge
Popular Social media platform, Twitter, has removed the verification tag attached to the account of former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. As at the time of reporting, the badge which is given to people who are ‘Government officials’ isn’t on the former Vice President’s twitter account. But Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s badge remains.
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