Tag: Twitter
Twitter to let users make tweet threads more easily
Twitter said it would add a pair of buttons that will allow users to more easily see and add new…
Forbidden in China, but Trump tweets about Beijing trip
U.S. President Donald Trump went around and over the “Great Firewall” of China in a late-night tweet in Beijing as…
Trump sued for blocking Twitter users
U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a free-speech group, which claims his practice of blocking Twitter users violates…
Twitter blocks 636,000 accounts over ‘terror’ promotion
Social media giant Twitter announced it has suspended 636,248 accounts since the middle of 2015 as the company steps up…
Terrorism: Twitter suspends 235,000 accounts
Twitter suspended 235,000 accounts that promoted terrorism over the last six months, as part of a continuing effort to keep…
Hollande’s haircuts set French social media alight
French social media was abuzz with suggestions of novel haircuts for Francois Hollande on Wednesday after it emerged that the…
Niger Delta Avengers enter Twitter blacklist
Nigeria’s terror group, the Niger Delta Avengers was blacklisted by Twitter on Monday. The social media platform suspended the account…
Gov Ayade of Cross River active on Twitter despite being AWOL
Governor Ben Ayade has been away from office since the last week of January without formally transferring power to his…
Kanye West takes shots at Wiz Khalifa in Twitter fight
Max B enthusiast Wiz Khalifa didn’t take kindly to Kanye West changing the name of his album from SWISH to WAVES last night.…
On Twitter, Nigerians go gaga for Eritrea
Nigerians have gone ballistic on Twitter after it was reported that the Eritrean government ordered its men to marry two…
Twitter hit by technical glitch
Twitter is right now trying to fix a technical glitch on its network that makes it impossible for users to…
Twitter users kick against #Twitter10k
Dwindling fortunes on the business end has called some drastic measures on the part of Twitter management. First the social…
Obanikoro replies Saharareporters with litigation threats
Funsho Arogundade Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro, Nigeria’s immediate former minister of state, Defence, is angry and has threatened to sue Saharareporters…
From #BuhariGate to Happy 73rd for President Buhari
As Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari turns 73 on December 17, 2015, Nigerians took to Twitter to congratulate the lanky number…
#JeSuisParis was Twitter’s most talked of moment in 2015
The hashtag #JeSuisParis, used to show solidarity with the French capital in the wake of its second terrorist attack, marked…