Twitter on Sunday, announced that it will no longer allow users to link to a number of rival social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon from their accounts.

The announcement follows series of controversial changes being effected by the social media company’s new owner Elon Musk. Twitter said under the new rule called “promotion of alternative social platforms policy”, it will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms.

“We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter,” it said.

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Twitter added: “Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.”

The microblogging app explains that it still allows cross-posting content from any social media platform, and that posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of the policy. However, Musk once again has come under heavy criticism by both free speech advocates and Twitter users, including the platform’s former founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey.

imo this is embarrassingly bad https://t.co/Jblq78xjzs

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) December 18, 2022

Dorsey had responded to the policy asking “why?” and in a separate tweet said it “doesn’t make sense.”

The policy also prohibits free promotion of 3rd-party social media platforms (linking out) or without URL. For example: “follow me @username on Instagram” or “facebook.com/username.” Twitter said Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post, Nostr and 3rd-party social media link aggregators such as linktr.ee, lnk.bio are all prohibited platforms.

“Accounts that are used for the main purpose of promoting content on another social platform may be suspended,” Twitter said. It added that “we allow paid advertisement/promotion for any of the prohibited social media platforms,” and allows users to post content to Twitter from the prohibited platforms.

The policy has been widely criticized. But Musk on Sunday responded to the pouring criticism saying that “casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme.”

“Twitter should be easy to use, but no more relentless free advertising of competitors. No traditional publisher allows this and neither will Twitter,” he said.

An hour later, Musk said that the “policy will be adjusted to suspending accounts only when that account’s primary purpose is promotion of competitors, which essentially falls under the no spam rule.”

The “promotion of alternative social platforms policy” is so far, the most controversial major policy introduced by Twitter under Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur will find the policy hard to implement as it violates a provision of the European Digital Markets Act, which prohibits gatekeeper platforms from preventing consumers from linking up to businesses outside their platforms.

The European Union had on Friday threatened to sanction Twitter over its decision to suspend the accounts of some journalists who cover Twitter for doxxing.

Musk has been under intense criticism over free speech since he took over at Twitter, with many saying that he only promotes freedom of speech, which he claimed his acquisition of the social media company has been about, when it suits him. But he apologized on Sunday for the promotion of alternative social platforms policy.

“Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again,” Musk, who has been trying his hand on many changes to make Twitter profitable since he paid $44 billion for the social media platform, said.

The name Asake is now a household name in the Nigerian music scene, he rose to fame sometime last year after he got signed into YBNL records. Mr. Ahmed Ololads who is popularly known by the stage name “Asake” has enjoyed a huge level of exponential growth and fame and started holding sold-out shows in Nigeria and also on the international stages.

He was recently on international tours but his sold-out tours which have been epoch-making since they started took a devastating dramatic detour some few days back after his music concert in the Brixton Academy in London was breached and there were stampedes which led to several people getting critically injured and so far one person have been reported died from the incident.

According to eye witness report narrating what led to the brutal incident; some of the concert attendees tried to force their way into the venue but they met strong resistance from the “bouncers” and there was a mammoth crowd at the entrance gate that were all trying to force their way into the venue, this caused a stampede and fight ensued, some thugs that came with some weapons stabbed some people in retaliation for blows and punches until the London city metropolitan security came to the scene, intervened and restored peace.

Before the intervention of the security and restoration of peace, a lot of havoc had already been done as many people were already critically injured and half dead at the scene.

Some of the victims have been threatening to sue Asake and the show organizers; so incidents like these thereby pose a legal issue as to who to be held legally responsible by the government and by the persons who got injured or by the family who lost their ward from the incident.

The law is when organizers of an event have been given a public space to hold their event, the government expects them to ensure that the event is properly organized and make sure that the safety and security of the attendees and their properties are guaranteed.

Therefore, the law will hold the organizers of that concert liable for every damage that arose out of that event for having failed to ensure the safety of the properties and lives that attended the event.

Also, Asake the performer who is the person everyone was coming to see perform will also be held vicariously liable for all the havoc that arose out of the event despite the fact that he might have contracted the organization of the concert to a second party.

As an addendum, the intent of this piece is just to shed some legal light on what may likely be the outcome of the incident if the victims decide to sue or the British government decides to hold someone responsible for the incident and we sincerely sympathize with the victims.

Morocco ended its surprising run at the World Cup with a 2-1 loss to Croatia on Saturday, dashing the hope of bringing the first World Cup ware to Africa.

But it wasn’t bad after all; the Atlas Lions have changed the status of the African continent in FIFA World Cups with their terrific performance that saw them book a place for the third-place match. Morocco stunned the world when it beat Belgium 2-0 in the Group F match, signaling that it wouldn’t be business as usual for the African teams in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

As the World Cup progressed, Morocco put up another unprecedented performance, holding Spain to 0-0 full time score and eventually defeated the European side 3-0 on penalties to advance to the quarter final for the first time.

The win supposedly boosted the team’s morale. In their next match against Portugal, Morocco once again silenced a large section of the world that was already tipping the European nation for the final. The North African country maintained a stunning 1-0 lead over Portugal at full time, setting up a semi final duel against France, its biggest challenge so far at the tournament.

Morocco made history in its loss 0-2 to France. It became the first African and Arab country to reach the semi final stage of the World Cup, after several attempts by other African national teams. Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and in 2018, Ghana were so close but lost the penalty that could have sealed the win against Uruguay and secured the semifinal spot for them.

“My players gave everything,” Morocco coach Walid Regragui said after the match against France. “They’ve gone as far as they could. It’s difficult for them to take now. They wanted to rewrite the history books, but you can’t win a World Cup with miracles, you have to do it with hard work and that’s what we are going to do, keep working.”

Though they fell to France, Morocco, by making it to the semifinal, justified FIFA’s decision to include more African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

In 2017, FIFA reached a decision to increase the number of African national teams that will participate in the World Cup. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) had lobbied for at least 10 spots, a fair representation of the continent’s 54 nations in FIFA’s 211 member associations.

By FIFA’s decision, which means that the allocation for places at the World Cup has been expanded to 48 nations, Africa is now guaranteed nine places, up from the current five. FIFA Council also allows for a 10th nation to enter a six-team play-off tournament to decide the final two qualifiers, meaning that Africa could have up to 10 teams.

From one team (Egypt) in the 1934 tournament in Italy to two in 1982, and subsequently five in 1998, Africa is gradually closing the gap between her and other continents. For Morocco, which became the second African team to appear in the World Cup in 1970, Qatar 2022 has become an outing that will never be forgotten – it’s a tournament where Africa won.

2022 is coming to an end, but the crypto market downturn is showing no signs of letting up. Nowhere is this more evident than the complete and total beating that metaverse tokens like Axie Infinity (AXS) and Decentraland (MANA) and their investors took the entire year.

The succeeding bankruptcies that affected the market’s most prominent names due to misfeasance, hubris, and fraud didn’t help, as the collapses of Terra, BlockFi, FTX, and Alameda have tanked the entire market.

Nevertheless, there are still plenty of diamonds in the crypto industry if you search hard enough, and we found one in Flasko. Let’s see why Flasko might be the sleeper pick of the year. 

Is Axie Infinity (AXS) Finished?

Axie Infinity (AXS) impressed investors and players alike as it rose to all-time highs in 2021 as the hype surrounding metaverse and play-to-earn gaming reached a fever pitch. At its peak in November 2021, Axie Infinity (AXS) was once worth $165 per token. Since then, however, Axie Infinity (AXS) has lost almost all its value due to bearish market conditions, careening to 96% below its ATH values at $6.80 as of this writing.

Axie Infinity (AXS) has since failed to recapture its past glories. Even worse, Axie Infinity (AXS) player numbers have dwindled to a mere trickle, sealing its fate. No one is playing Axie Infinity (AXS) anymore. Axie Infinity (AXS) investors, perhaps it’s time to move on.

Decentraland (MANA) Isn’t Faring Any Better

Decentraland (MANA) was another one of the crops of metaverse tokens that mooned in 2021 amid unbridled speculation about the concept. However, fast forward to December 2022, and it’s evident that there is no sustainable interest in the metaverse anymore. And that has tanked Decentraland (MANA) prices 94% from its ATH levels, with Decentraland (MANA) token prices sitting at $0.33.

It’s safe to say that Decentraland (MANA) will struggle in the coming years, considering the general disinterest in the metaverse. That’s not to mention the stiff competition Decentraland (MANA) faces.

Flasko (FLSK) Presale Interest Peaking As It Draws to a Close

The most hotly-anticipated presale event of 2022 is drawing to a close amid record interest from over 10,000 investors. Flasko is building a novel alternative investment platform that combines non-fungible technology and the insanely lucrative luxury wines, whiskeys, and champagne asset class.

After all, the latter has proven to be a better investment than commodities and financial products because of their inherent scarcity and improving quality over time.

Flasko achieves this by allowing users to invest in the highest-grade premium whiskeys, wines, and champagnes represented by NFTs, which they can hold, trade, or redeem as they see fit. Holding them allows them to benefit from the asset’s increasing prices. Trading them allows them to profit, while redeeming them allows them to enjoy the wines they purchase and have their physical bottles sent to them.

With this value proposition and utility, it’s no surprise that analysts expect Flasko to do a 5,000% increase to its current $0.12 presale value or around $5.55 per Flasko token by 2023.

Presale Flasko investors have bought themselves a gem that is fully audited by Solid Proof and has locked platform liquidity for over three decades. This ensures the safety of Flasko as an investment that’s ready to do a parabolic run in 2023.

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