Twitter labels Norway prime minister as ‘Nigeria government official’
Twitter has mixed up its labelling of some Norwegian government officials, including Prime Minister Jonas Store.
In its description of Norway’s foreign ministry account, the micro-blogging platform wrote “Nigeria government organisation”.
On Tuesday, the Norwegian ministry raised the alarm over the disparity in identities and asked Twitter to rectify the issue.
The misappropriation of identities was also found in the accounts of the country’s prime minister, and Anniken Huitfeldt, the foreign minister.
“Dear @TwitterSupport, 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 Norwegian ministry tweeted.
“P.S. That also goes for Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore and Foreign Minister @AHuitfeldt.”
Twitter had recently announced plans to roll out a new system which would allow anyone to buy a blue checkmark for $8 per month.
In November, Twitter said it would add an “official” label to some verified high-profile accounts to prevent cloning.
Esther Crawford, Twitter’s early-stage products executive, said the label is not available for purchase and will only be offered to “government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers, and some public figures”.
The company is yet to respond to the Norwegian and Nigerian identity mismatch inquiry as of the time of this report.
