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Musk Sells $4b In Tesla Shares Following Twitter Deal

Musk Sells $4b In Tesla Shares Following Twitter Deal

April 29, 2022 11:34 pm

Tesla chief, Elon Musk yesterday sold out about $4 billion worth of shares in the electric carmaker less than 72 hours after Twitter’s board agreed to his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Musk sold 4.4 million Tesla shares on Tuesday as well as on Wednesday — according to information filled with the Securities and Exchange Commission which is the market regulator in the US.

Following these sales, Musk who is the world’s richest human being, holds just over 168 million shares in Tesla, via a trust.

‘No further TSLA (Tesla’s …

Twitter, Facebook, IG Not Doing Enough To Stop Racism - Saka

Twitter, Facebook, IG Not Doing Enough To Stop Racism – Saka

July 16, 2021 2:49 am

Arsenal youngster, Bukayo Saka has berated microblogging giants, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for not ‘doing enough’ to control racial abuses and hateful comments on their platforms.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Saka missed the last penalty in the Euro 2020 final against Italy last weekend, and ever since, he had been subjected to all kinds of racial abuse from fans of the Three Lions who have refused to forgive.

Read Also: Outrage As Martial Is Racially Abused On Social Media

In a long statement issued on Thursday, Saka thanked those who sent him words of encouragement and the …

Twitter Bitcoin Scam - Hackers Accessed 36 Accounts (2)

Twitter Bitcoin Scam: Hackers Accessed 36 Accounts

July 24, 2020 6:35 am

Twitter has revealed that the hackers who took over the accounts of high profiles in massive bitcoin scam, accessed direct message inboxes of 36 accounts.

The social media company corrected its earlier statement that the attackers tweeted from around 130 accounts and downloaded mass data from eight accounts.

Last week, the hackers were able to tweet from the accounts for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Mike Bloomberg, Apple and Uber among others.

They tweeted a scam asking for bitcoin and they received $120,000 worth of Bitcoin …

Terrorism Is Africa’s Major Problem – Buhari

Buhari, Most Followed African leader On Twitter

July 22, 2020 3:51 pm

A global communications agency, Burson Cohn and Wolfe (BCW) ranked President Muhammadu Buhari as the most followed sub-Saharan African leader on Twitter.

In its newly released Twiplomacy findings, President Muhammadu Buhari had over 3,121,169 followers.

According to the study, Buhari is by far the most followed African leader ahead of Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda with 1,910,159 followers.

It also says that Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa has seen the biggest growth over the past year with his followers reaching 1,386,849.

Read Also: Buhari Gets Sept Deadline To Present 2021 Budget To NASS

However, the Twiplomacy study …

Florence Ajimobi Can't Close Her Store For A Day To Honor Husband

Florence Ajimobi Can’t Close Her Store For A Day To Honor Husband

June 30, 2020 1:58 pm

Twitter users have taken to twitter on the early hours of Tuesday, June 30th to blast the late Oyo state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi’s first lady Florence Ajimobi on her inability to close her businesses to honor her late husband.

A twitter user Akin Abubakri who spearheaded the assault posted:
“Ajimobi wife can’t close her store for a day to honor her husband, but wants Makinde to cut his trip short.”

It is not a good idea for Madam Florence Ajimobi to play politics at this time. After the

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Twitter Users Come Hard On Obaseki, Call Him Shameless

Twitter Users Come Hard On Obaseki, Call Him Shameless

June 21, 2020 6:58 am

The hashtag ”ShamelessObaseki” is currently trending on Twitter, with mixed reactions to Edo State Governor Obaseki’s defection from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

It is no news that the two strong political counterparts are usually at loggerheads. With the upcoming state primaries in Edo, the power struggle has heightened.

Governor Godwin Obaseki officially changed his political party from APC to PDP on Friday, June 19.

Read Also: Momoh: We Tried Reconciling Obaseki And Oshiomole But We Failed

He has since made moves for re-election following his disqualification from the Sept. 19 poll by his …

Twitter Says Discussions With FG Have Been 'Respectful And Productive'

Twitter Opens Up New ‘Voice Tweet’ Feature

June 18, 2020 3:43 pm

Twitter has spent years trying to combat misinformation and abuse on its platform. Now it’s introducing a new feature with the potential to complicate that effort: audio tweets.

On Wednesday, the company said it’s allowing a “limited group” of iOS users to create tweets with their voice. In the coming weeks, all iOS users should have access to voice tweets.
The feature comes after the launch of a buzzy, invite-only app called Clubhouse, which encourages users to spontaneously drop into voice chat rooms. But it also potentially opens the door to new forms of abuse, whether it be verbal harassment
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White Supremacists Pose As Antifa Online, Call For Violence

White Supremacists Pose As Antifa Online, Call For Violence

June 2, 2020 3:07 pm

A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of “Antifa” was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said Monday. The company removed the account.

Before it emerged the account was run by white supremacists, Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s son, pointed his 2.8 million Instagram followers to the account as an example how dangerous Antifa is.
“This account violated our platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. “We took action after the account sent a Tweet
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Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey Tweets $1bn For Coronavirus

Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey Tweets $1bn For Coronavirus

April 8, 2020 1:47 pm

Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he was committing $1 billion to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund.

Dorsey said in a series of tweets that he would transfer his equity in his digital payments group Square to his limited liability corporation Start Small, contributing around 28 percent of his overall wealth.

“Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime,” Dorsey said.

“I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let’s do everything we can today to help people now.”

Read Also: Scientists
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Trump Will Lose @POTUS Handle After Jan 20 - Twitter

Twitter Removes Numerous Accounts Linked To Saudi, Egypt

April 4, 2020 6:40 am

Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and several other countries for either taking directions from the governments or promoting pro-government content.

The social media giant said in a post on its platform on Thursday that it had taken down 2,541 accounts in the Egypt-based El Fagr network because it created “inauthentic accounts to amplify messaging critical of Iran, Qatar and Turkey”.

Read Also: Twitter Staff Ordered To Work From Home Over Virus Fears

“Information we gained externally indicates it was taking direction from the Egyptian government,” Twitter said.

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Twitter Apologises For Tagging India’s Region As China

Twitter Staff Ordered To Work From Home Over Virus Fears

March 12, 2020 4:32 pm

Twitter has ordered all staff globally to work from home in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly new coronavirus epidemic.

The outbreak has spread across the world since emerging in central China late last year, killing more than 4,600 people, infecting over 126,000, and prompting a wave of travel restrictions.

The social media platform had already announced a mandatory work from home policy for its staff in South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan earlier this month and suspended “non-critical” business travel and events in February.

“We are moving beyond our earlier guidance… and have now informed all …

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