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Controversy trails Twitter’s choice of Ghana over Nigeria for its African headquarters

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Controversy trails Twitter’s choice of Ghana over Nigeria for its African headquarters

Controversy trails Twitter’s choice of Ghana over Nigeria for its African headquarters     In the quest to increase its participation in every part of the world, the popular microblogging social media platform, Twitter, announced plans to establish its Africa’s Headquarters in Ghana. This was confirmed by Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, where he tweeted the social media presence in Ghana, thanking the Ghanaian President and the Ghanaian for their support. Jack tweeted: “Twitter is now present on the continent. Thank you Ghana and @NAkufoAddo. #TwitterGhana. 🇬🇭 Twitter is now present…

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Twitter mulls adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet

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Twitter mulls adding Bitcoin

Twitter mulls adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet   The Twitter chief financial officer (CFO) said that the company is working out options if they can pay salaries to their employees in Bitcoin (BTC) along with allocating part of their treasury to BTC. Corporates are coming to Bitcoin and things could escalate further after Tesla‘s recent entry. On Wednesday, February 10, Twitter CFO said that the company is considering adding BTC to its balance sheet. During an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Twitter Inc CFO, Ned Segal talked about the…

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Trump without Twitter: Will he move to the ‘Trumpnet’?

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Trump without Twitter: Will he move to the ‘Trumpnet’?   By Brian Contreras Parler. Gab. Rumble. MeWe. DLive. Over the last four years, a small constellation of newish social media sites and web platforms has found favor with those on the political right who see the heavy hand of censorship in Facebook’s and Twitter’s tightening policies against hate speech and violent rhetoric. Now, with President Trump “permanently suspended” from Twitter and indefinitely locked out of Facebook in the final days of his presidency, this fringe ecosystem — call it the Trumpnet — may be poised to…

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Twitter, Facebook block Trump over Capitol attack posts

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Twitter, Facebook block Trump over Capitol attack posts   Twitter and Facebook suspended Donald Trump on Wednesday over posts accused of inflaming violence in the US Capitol, as social media scrambled to respond to mayhem by supporters buying into his baseless attacks on the integrity of the election. The unprecedented sanctions came after the president took to social media to repeat his numerous false claims about fraud and other impropriety in the election he lost to Joe Biden. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures,…

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FireForFire: Twitter hires famous hacker to head its cyber security

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By David Alonge  ______________ Twitter has appointed a famous American hacker Peiter Zatko, popularly known as ‘Mudge’, as its new head of cybersecurity. The appointment comes a few months after the biggest cybersecurity crisis hits the social media giant where prominent accounts were hacked. Recalled that in July 2020, Twitter was hacked by a group of young hackers who gained access to internal tools, publishing messages from the accounts of prominent people including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and the current president-elect of the United State, Joe Biden. In an exclusive interview…

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