Twitter operation may have been granted partial relief in Nigeria, NewsSpecng learnt.
Though no official communications to that effect, indications emerged on Wednesday night that Nigerians can now gain access to the microblogging site through computer systems.
Trials via mobile phones however were not successful, however, trials via the mobile phone were not successful.
The Federal Government had on June 4 announced the indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking platform in the country, days after Twitter deleted a tweet by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), which it said violated its rules.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had indicated that the lifting of the ban is an issue of matter of days following twitter’s agreement to most of the government conditions.
The minister had cited ‘the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence’ as the reason for the suspension.
Meanwhile, Twitter on Wednesday launched a feature to tackle abuse and trolling, which had become major issues for the platform.
The company said this on its platform.
As the company is under increasing pressure to protect its users from online abuse globally, the new feature is expected to automatically block hate speech.
