“While we enjoy our excellent relations and alphabetical proximity with , we would be very grateful if you would call us Norway,” the Norwegian Foreign Ministry wrote on Tuesday.
Norway or Nigeria? Twitter should get a geography bug
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that incorrect descriptions on the social networking site belonging to Elon Musk also apply to key politicians. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt were also tagged by Twitter as Nigerian politicians.
The Norwegian ministry posted an entry on Twitter at 11:14. Incorrect markings were still visible in the following hours. Some Internet users rhetorically asked if the Twitter Help Center even existed. Others jokingly pointed out that according to Twitter became part of Nigeria.
“Norgeria” – they commented.
It is not known what caused these errors, but on Wednesday all “glitches” were removed – the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs again belongs to Norway. On the other hand, Musk replied under the entry briefly: “Sorry!”.
Elon Musk took over Twitter and laid off half of its employees
Twitter places labels and flag icons on some accounts to indicate affiliation with specific governments. The bugs mentioned above were not fixed immediately. This may be due to the fact that, i.e. about half of the employees.
Another thousand people resigned.
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The billionaire fired team that discovered Twitter’s algorithm amplifies right-wing accounts. Groups associating e.g. black employees, women and people with disabilities have also been dissolved. The human rights team and the moderator team also lost their jobs.
On Tuesday, Twitter dissolved the Trust and Security Council, and the group’s Twitter page was removed. The council consisted of experts and human rights organizations. The volunteer council was established in 2016.
Source: Gazeta
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