SocialMediaTrends: Nigerians react to ECOWAS court ruling on Twitter ban
Nigerians on social media are celebrating the recent ruling by the Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concerning Twitter ban in Nigeria. The ruling restrains the President Muhammadu Buhari administration from prosecuting any Nigerian using the microblogging platform. It followed…
ECOWAS Court bars Nigerian govt from sanctioning, prosecuting Twitter users
ADEBAYO OBAJEMU In a landmark ruling, ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja today “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media service provider(s),…
Facebook launches ads globally for Instagram Reels
The company is aiming to make money from its short-form video featureFacebook is launching ads globally on its TikTok clone Instagram Reels, the company said today. The social media company, which is aiming to make money from its short-form video feature, began testing Instagram Reels…
Twitter ban not solution to social media problem, says French ambassador
Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, has said France is in support of the European Union’s reaction to the ban on Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The EU delegation in Nigeria had condemned the ban and Pasquier also expressed…
Joe Biden Revokes Trump Executive Orders That Sought to Ban TikTok, WeChat
President Joe Biden also ordered a Commerce Department review of security concerns posed by those apps. REUTERSWASHINGTON President Joe Biden on Wednesday withdrew a series of executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review of…
Suspension Order: Twitter Approaches Nigerian Government For Dialogue
Timothy Choji, Abuja Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says microblogging giant, Twitter, has approached the Nigerian Government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in Nigeria. According to him, he got the…
Twitter ban: Nigerian govt. summons US, UK envoys, others
The Federal Government has summoned the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union in Nigeria over their recent comments on the suspension of microblogging site Twitter in the West African Country. Canada, EU, UK, US, and the Republic of Ireland…
TwitterBan: Report says Nigeria and China working on internet firewall
The Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), in a report, revealed that the Federal Government and China’s Cyberspace Administration office discussed plans of building a Nigerian internet firewall, just after the ban of Twitter in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a report by the FIJ on…
Nigerian govt vows to prosecute citizens for using Twitter
Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), has directed immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. On Friday, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, announced an indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in the…
Suspension of operation in Nigeria by FG: Twitter reacts
Twitter has expressed “deep concern” over the Federal government’s decision to suspend its operations in Nigeria. Sarah Hart, Twitter’s Senior Policy Communications Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, who made this known in a statement, said the company is investigating the development. “The announcement…
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