With all the Twitter stuff about banning/etc.

here's one that made it a step further

Nigeria bans Twitter after company deletes President Buhari’s tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/africa/nigeria-suspends-twitter-operations-intl/index.html

The suspension comes two days after Twitter deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was widely perceived as offensive.

In that tweet on Tuesday, the Nigerian leader threatened to deal with people in the country’s southeast, who he blames for the recurring attacks on public infrastructure in the region.

“Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand,” Buhari wrote in the now-deleted tweet, referring to the brutal two-year Nigeria-Biafra war, which killed an estimated one to three million people, mostly from the Igbo tribe in the eastern part of the country between 1967-1970.

The tweet was deleted Wednesday after many Nigerians flagged it to Twitter and the platform said it had violated its policy on abusive behavior.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed criticized Twitter’s action and accused the social media giant of “double standards.”

Mohammed also questioned Twitter’s motives in Nigeria, saying, “the mission of Twitter in Nigeria is very very suspect…” at a news conference on Wednesday after Buhari’s tweet was deleted.

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Will it go all the way back to the Arab Spring?

Twitter Revolution: How the Arab Spring Was Helped By Social Media

https://www.mic.com/articles/10642/twitter-revolution-how-the-arab-spring-was-helped-by-social-media

Being capable of sharing an immense amount of uncensored and accurate information throughout social networking sites has contributed to the cause of many Arab Spring activists. Through social networking sites, Arab Spring activists have not only gained the power to overthrow powerful dictatorship, but also helped Arab civilians become aware of the underground communities that exist and are made up of their brothers, and others willing to listen to their stories.

In countries like Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen, rising action plans such as protests made up of thousands, have been organized through social media such Facebook and Twitter. “We use Facebook to schedule the protests” an Arab Spring activist from Egypt announced “and [we use] Twitter to coordinate, and YouTube to tell the world.” The role that technology has taken in allowing the distribution of public information such as the kinds stated by the aforementioned activist, had been essential in establishing the democratic movement that has helped guide abused civilians to overthrow their oppressor.

Social networks have broken the psychological barrier of fear by helping many to connect and share information. It has given most people in the Arab world the knowledge that they are not alone, that there are others experiencing just as much brutality, just as much hardships, just as much lack of justice. Social networks "for the first time provided activists with an opportunity to quickly disseminate information while bypassing government restrictions," Hussein Amin, professor of mass communications at the American University in Cairo said.

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June of 2011?

piqued anon's interest…a month later…

TRUMP’S FIRST REAL TWEET WAS ON JULY 6, 2011

https://theoutline.com/post/2445/trump-s-first-real-tweet-was-on-july-6-2011

Perhaps @realdonaldtrump was awakened by the hack of Fox News’ Twitter account that occurred on July 4. It was covered on Fox News, and could have piqued Trump’s interest in the platform.

But there is a more compelling possibility. On the exact day in question, July 6, 2011, at 2 PM EST, the Obama administration held the world’s first ever “presidential Twitter Town Hall.”

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>>17923082

>twitter.com/yoyoel/status/2930

and

it's gone