The Nigerian government had banned Twitter on June 5 after the firm deleted a tweet made by its President
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Move follows 'one last notice' to adhere from Meity, issued four days ago
Twitter has been and remains deeply committed to India, and serving vital public conversation taking place on the service, it said.
The Nigerian government on June 4 said it was indefinitely suspending Twitter's operations in the country
The response from Twitter comes after the government, last week, issued a strongly-worded final notice to the company regarding its non-compliance with the new rules.
Twitter is set to soon launch the Super Follows feature that will enable some users with at least 10,000 followers to charge for providing exclusive additional content
England fast bowler Ollie Robinson was suspended from international cricket pending an investigation into discriminatory tweets he posted from 2012-13
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at the Centre, saying the Modi government is fighting for a blue tick and people need to become self-reliant for getting Covid vaccines.
Earlier in the day, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's verification badge was also removed which was later restored.
The comment comes amid outrage over personal accounts of Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat losing verified blue tick marks
On Friday, the Nigerian government indefinitely suspended Twitter, after the social media giant had deleted a tweet from the country's President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules.
The blue tick was briefly removed from the Vice President's account earlier this week due to inactivity
Govt says they want the greivance officer, nodal officer and compliance officer to be resident in India, and on Twitter payroll
Govt says they want the grievance officer, nodal officer and compliance officer to be resident in India, and on Twitter payroll
The government has asked Twitter to appoint India-based officers following new rules for social media companies.
Twitter on Saturday removed and later restored the verified blue tick on the personal account of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
The social media platform removed the blue badge from the personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, @MVenkaiahNaidu, on Saturday
On Wednesday, the microblogging site deleted a tweet by the President which Nigerians had criticized as a declaration of war
Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey on late Friday (local time) was heckled at the Bitcoin 2021 conference held in Miami