The Federal Government has rejected claims that it never negotiated with Twitter over the suspension placed on the microblogging site in June last year, providing evidence of correspondence confirming talks between both sides.
The government suspended Twitter access in the country with major telecoms networks two days after Twitter removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish secessionists.
Following the indefinite suspension, Twitter, wrote to the President seeking to engage with the federal government over the action.
With the President’s approval, a negotiation team was raised comprising the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Works and Housing, Minister of State for Labour and Employment as well as other relevant government agencies.
Nigerian lifted the suspension in February this year following the President’s approval of a memo by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim, based on the Nigeria-Twitter Engagement’s recommendation.
Whereas the federal government said the suspension was lifted because the tech company had agreed to meet all six of its conditions laid out, a former member of Twitter’s senior executive team, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, said the government’s claim is false.
He made the disclosure to the US Federal Trade Commission under Whistleblower Aid.
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