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The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has in a strong judgment, ruled that Nigeria’s ban on Twitter, a microblogging platform, was unlawful and inconsistent with the African Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The judgment, which was handed down on Thursday, stated that the…
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Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter was initially met with resistance. In fact, Twitter evoked a “poison pill” provision to stop Musk from forcibly buying the company. Eventually the company accepted the offer – a deal that Musk greeted with a one word tweet. “Yesss!!!” A few weeks later though, Mr Musk appeared to have…
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Twitter is vowing to sue Elon Musk in order to force a close of his deal to acquire the company. “The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement,” the company said in a press…
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Elon Musk’s lawyers told the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that he was terminating his offer to buy Twitter. Musk said in April he would pay $44 billion for the social media platform. Read the letter in full. Elon Musk has abandoned his deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion in a letter filed by…
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Tesla CEO may terminate his $44 billion buyout because the social media giant is withholding data on fake accounts Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has warned Twitter’s board of directors that he may back out of a deal to buy the social media platform for $44 billion because the company hasn’t been forthcoming with information on…
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A good knowledge and use of Nigerian slangs that will make you sound street smart, even when the words don’t make sense all. Nigeria is a fascinating place to live; but to survive, you will need to be street smart and also learn the language of the street. Nigerians use several slangs while conversing with…
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Twitter investor, Marc Rasella, has accused the SpaceX founder and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk of making him lose money through “misleading statements” about his purchase of a large stake in Twitter on Tuesday. The plaintiff, who seeks class action status for his case on behalf of investors who sold their Twitter stock between late March…
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The silencing of conservatives by Twitter has extended to those seeking to audit the 2020 presidential election results, including the first of its kind in Maricopa County, Arizona. Reports first noted the banning on two accounts sharing information from the Arizona forensic audit, but accounts sharing information on audit intentions in other states were suspended…
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U.S. social media company Twitter Inc. Thursday said it saw a revenue of $936 million in the third quarter of 2020, up 14 percent year on year. Its net income was $28.66 million in July-September, or 0.04 cents per share, compared with a net income of $37 million, or 0.05 cents per share in the…
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Twitter announced Friday that it will change its policy around hacked information after its decision to block users from sharing an unverified New York Post exposé about Hunter Biden sparked outrage among conservatives. Enforcing a policy put in place in 2018 to discourage harm associated with hacks and exposure of private information, Twitter blocked users…
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President Trump earlier threatened to put regulations or even shut down social media sites, including Twitter, after the latter labeled the president’s tweets with fact-checks. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order “pertaining to social media” shortly, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Wednesday. McEnany first said it was not clear…
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Twitter says it has removed nearly 6,000 accounts it has deemed tied to a state-backed information operation in Saudi Arabia. Twitter says the accounts violated its “platform manipulation policies” and targeted discussions related to Saudi Arabia and advancing its geopolitical interests. The 5,929 accounts removed are part of a larger group of 88,000 accounts engaged…
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