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Elon Musk Buys Twitter: What Could This Mean for Twitterzuela?

See Post — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:48:43 +0000

Twitter will change now that Elon Musk is its new owner. Will it change the way Venezuelans, inside and outside of the country, shape the political conversation? By Probox & Caracas Chronicles Team. Full Text->CaracasChronicles

Traducción de cortesía -> Twitter cambiará ahora que Elon Musk es su nuevo dueño. ¿Cambiará la forma en que los venezolanos, dentro y fuera del país, dan forma a la conversación política?

Cape Verde: Twitter Suspends Nigerian Accounts in Cape Verde Row Over Envoy

See Post — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:58:26 +0000

Twitter has suspended the accounts of a number of Nigerian influencers who have been accused by the US government of having orchestrated the deadly October 2020 protests against police. The influencers have been accused of meddling in the diplomatic row over Venezuela’s envoy Alex Saab, currently being held by the government of Cape Verde. By Mohammed Momoh. Full Text -> AllAfrica

Twitter Suspends Account of Venezuela’s New National Assembly

See Post — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:01:43 +0000

Twitter has frozen the account of Venezuela’s new National Assembly, @LaNuevaAsamblea. “Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules”, the company said on the @LaNuevaAsamblea page, which is currently empty. By Evgeny Mikhaylov. Full Text -> SputnikNews

Fake profiles and coordination with Venezuela: How Cuba’s propaganda spreads on Twitter

See Post — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:07:00 +0000

Gabrielle told the Herald that the accounts linked to the Cuban government and the Maduro regime are located in different countries, “share each other’s content” and exhibit “artificial behaviour”. “Taken together, these types of accounts appear to be involved in the intentional undermining and disruption of public conversation, the artificial amplification of targeted narratives and conversations, bulk and aggressive tweeting and retweeting, and hashtag cramming, among other tactics and techniques,” the official said. By Nora Gámez Torres. Full Text -> The Start

Twitter removes tweets by Brazil, Venezuela presidents for violating COVID-19 content rules

See Post — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:37:26 +0000

Twitter has made good — so far — on its pledge to crack down on tweets that contain false or misleading information about COVID-19 cures. The platform has deleted tweets by the presidents of Brazil and Venezuela and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for violating its ban on novel coronavirus-related content that “goes directly against guidance from authoritative sources of global and local public health information.” By Kim Lyons. Full text-> The Verge