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Outrage over white woman’s Mantashe and Hani comment on Twitter

Social media users are outraged over a comment made by a white woman on Twitter who insinuated she wished mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe could be assassinated like the late leader of the South African Communist Party, Chris Hani. The Sunday Times shared a link to their story about Mantashe snubbing an official government engagement with President Cyril Ramaphosa and instead prioritising attending a Cosatu event. Commenting on the story […]

26 June 2023

Local

‘Twitter offers free ads to brands that advertise on its platform’

Twitter Inc is offering free advertisements to brands that advertise on its platform, an attempt to woo brands back to the social-media platform, which has seen its ad business deteriorate following Elon Musk’s takeover, the Wall Street Journal reported. Twitter is dangling free ad space by offering to match advertisers’ ad spending up to $250,000, the report said, citing emails reviewed by the Journal. Twitter did not respond to Reuters request […]

16 January 2023

International News

Twitter faces new case for child pornography after India map row

Police in India have registered a new case against Twitter Inc for allegedly promoting child pornography, after previously lodging complaints it allegedly “hurt sentiments” in geopolitical matters, marking an escalation in the row between the United States-based firm and Indian authorities. Police in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh named Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari in complaints after the politically sensitive regions were depicted outside a map of […]

30 June 2021

International News

Twitter says hackers ‘manipulated’ employees to access accounts

Twitter says hackers "manipulated" some of its employees to access accounts in a high-profile attack on the social media company, including those of US Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Posts trying to dupe people into sending the hackers Bitcoin were tweeted by the official accounts of Apple, Uber, Bill Gates and many others on Wednesday, forcing Twitter to lock large numbers of accounts in damage […]

19 July 2020

International News

Kuwait tweep jailed for ‘defaming Saudi Arabia’

A Kuwaiti criminal court has sentenced a Twitter user to seven years in prison with hard labour on charges that include “defaming Saudi Arabia” and “disseminating false news”, local newspaper Al-Qabas reported. The paper did not name the defendant; however the ruling pointed to a number of tweets referring to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s recent purge against princes and officials in the Kingdom. Earlier this month, Kuwaiti Emir […]

28 November 2017

Local

Radio host Redi Tlhabi’s Twitter account hacked

Writer and radio host Redi Tlhabi’s twitter account, @reditlhabi, was hacked on Saturday morning, merely a week after her highly anticipated book about President Jacob Zuma’s rape trial in 2006 was released. Tlhabi, who is in New York to facilitate a series of United Nations conversations, said she discovered that her account was hacked shortly after 09:00 in New York (15:00 in South Africa). She last visited the social media […]

24 September 2017

Local

Direct evidence Gupta henchmen prepared fake tweets

Scorpio has previously exposed how the Guptas and their British PR firm Bell Pottinger make use of fake social media profiles to disseminate a counter-narrative of “white monopoly capital” in order to defend their operations in South Africa. For those yet to be convinced, there is direct evidence from the #GuptaLeaks emails of one of the family’s lieutenants composing tweets for broadcast by fabricated Twitter accounts. Haranath Ghosh’s LinkedIn profile […]

23 June 2017

Local

#DataMustFall: Twitter users call for social media blackout

The struggle continues over high data costs. Twitter users are calling for a social media blackout on Wednesday as a result. They want the four major mobile networks cut their costs. But there seems to be different opinions, with others saying they won't heed to the call. There have been many attempts to force mobile networks to cut data cost. A popular DJ addressed Parliament's telecommunications and Postal Services Committee […]

21 June 2017

Local

Date set for Zille’s DA disciplinary panel appearance

Former Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille is set to appear before the party’s disciplinary panel on Friday for her tweets on colonialism. This was confirmed on Monday by Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach, chairperson of the DA's federal legal commission, who said it would be a "first appearance". "They will set timelines. No evidence will be led," she told News24. Zille has been charged with having brought the DA into disrepute, and […]

5 June 2017

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