Jack Dorsey: Unpicking Twitter boss’s passion for Nigeria

In fact, Twitter in Nigeria is more than a platform.

It made its biggest political impact during last year’s #EndSars demonstrations, when it became the platform of choice for the young demonstrators.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed has alleged that Mr Dorsey raised funds through Bitcoin to sponsor one of the protest groups , and Twitter – which created a special emoji in support of the demonstrations – was used to stoke the crisis.

The government was furious and accused Twitter of double standards.

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