June 12, (THEWILL)- Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey has tweeted a photo of the Nigerian flag on his official Twitter handle in likely solidarity of Nigeria’s Democracy day.
This is coming despite the ongoing face-off between Twitter and the Nigerian government.
It is also coming ahead of a planned nationwide protest which has been trending on the social media platform in different countries with the hashtag #June12Protest.
The photo was shared at exactly 12am (Nigerian time) on June 12, which is now being celebrated in Nigeria as “Democracy Day.”
Twitter walked itself into the Nigerian government’s black book earlier this month after deleting a tweet posted by President Buhari which evoked the memories of the Nigerian Civil War.
The platform said the tweet violated its “abusive behaviour” rules. But the Nigerian authorities said Twitter was suspended in the country because it was often used for activities that threaten the “corporate existence” of the country.
Nigeria’s minister for information and culture Lai Mohammed said during the week that Twitter has approached the government for negotiation.
Mohammed, however, described Twitter’s approach as “tepid”, noting that there has been no follow up from an initial message from Twitter received through a foreign mission that the social media company was opened to negotiation.
Twitter insisted on Friday that it was ready for an “open discussion” with the Nigerian government.
“We have informed the Nigerian government that we are ready to meet for an open discussion to address mutual concerns and see the service restored,” Twitter said.
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