Is Elon Musk a bit of rusty on his global geography?
That’s a query that diplomats in Norway and Nigeria should be asking, after the social media platform Twitter looked as if it would get puzzled in regards to the two nations.
As a part of Twitter’s new verification procedure, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had his account up to date Tuesday to mention he is a “Nigerian Government Official”.
The similar factor took place with Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt — or even the international ministry in Oslo had its Twitter bio routinely up to date to explain it as a “Nigeria Government Organization.”
“Dear @TwitterSupport,” the international ministry wrote.
“As much as we enjoy our excellent bilateral relations and close alphabetical vicinity with Nigeria, we would much appreciate if you could label us as Norway,” the ministry account stated, with a winking emoji.
“P.S. That also goes for Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore and Foreign Minister @AHuitfeldt.”
So a long way there is been no legit reaction from Twitter, and the Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama is appropriately recognized at the web site.
There’s greater than 7,500km between the 2 capital towns — Oslo and Abuja — and Twitter’s new proprietor Elon Musk was once born and raised in South Africa.
It’s unclear what brought about the mistake.
