Micro-blogging platform, Twitter, has suspended accounts of some social media influencers ahead of the 2019 elections in Nigeria.
Some of these Nigerian Twitter influencers’ accounts suspended include
- Badmus Hakeem (Tweets@Bhadoosky),
- Jokunle (@Jokunle),
- Ani Nomso (@ani_nomso),
- Shawnife (@Shawnife_),
- Official Bmax (@OfficialBmax),
- Uche Kush (@UcheKush_),
- Lazy Writa (@LazyWrita),
- Rouvafe (@Rouvafe),
- Abdulaxis (@iam_abdulaxis),
- Switchme,
- Enekem Greg (@EnekemGreg).
The suspension was confirmed by Twitter to Business Insider SSA by Pulse on Friday.
According to the Social media spokesperson;
“We have suspended a small number of accounts in Nigeria for spam violations as part of our election integrity efforts in the region.
“We will continue to monitor the conversation closely and take aggressive action pursuant to the Twitter Rules.”
Twitter says it is collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and domestic political party stakeholders to “ensure they have clear reporting channels to bring potentially problematic accounts or content to our attention.”
Late last year, Twitter released an update on elections integrity work enforcing to detect fake accounts and inauthentic activity violating its guidelines.
