San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Twitter, Inc. on Friday announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan following an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire Twitter by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The Rights Plan, often called the “poison pill”, will reduce the likelihood that …
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San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday showed that Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter. The billionaire has said he is willing to pay 54.20 U.S. dollars per share to buy 100 percent of the company. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has told the Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee of parliament that they cannot verify and confirm the ownership and authenticity of the Facebook and Twitter accounts of Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake. The committee chaired by Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu, …
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Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | The Nigerian government on Wednesday ended its suspension of Twitter, seven months after it halted the operation of the California-based microblogging platform in Africa’s most populous country. The lifting of the ban in Nigeria would take effect from 12 a.m. local time on Thursday (2300 GMT …
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An analysis of tweets by the First Son and UPDF Commander of Land Forces COMMENT | IAN KATUSIIME | Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s son and Commander of Land Forces in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has turned Twitter into a stream of his unfiltered thoughts to …
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Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he had directed that the ban of Twitter’s operations in the country be lifted, but only if the California-based microblogging giant meets certain conditions given by the government. In an Independence Day broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary, …
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The social media company says the post violated its abusive behaviour policy, leading to a 12-hour suspension of his account Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian government on Friday suspended the operations of Twitter, two days after it accused the U.S. social networking company of double standards and supporting the secessionists …
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The social media company says the post violated its abusive behaviour policy, leading to a 12-hour suspension of his account Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | The Nigerian government on Wednesday expressed doubts about Twitter’s mission in the country, accusing the U.S. technology company of double standards and supporting the secessionists in …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s social media team is testing ‘a no reply’ feature on his twitter handle. This is the first time that the president’s account which has been in existence for 10yrs has closed a tweet from direct replies. Twitter introduced the option of …
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DFRLab confirms that over 30 pages, 200 Facebook accounts banned on Uganda 2021 election eve Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An investigation by Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has revealed that hundreds of Ugandan facebook, twitter and instagram accounts were blacklisted in January for inauthentic behavior. What followed was a …
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