{"id":8156,"date":"2021-06-12T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T15:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:32:25","slug":"how-true-is-claim-twitter-changed-retweet-button-to-green-in-solidarity-with-june12thprotest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/how-true-is-claim-twitter-changed-retweet-button-to-green-in-solidarity-with-june12thprotest\/","title":{"rendered":"How true is claim Twitter changed retweet button to green in solidarity with #June12thProtest?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: A Twitter user claims the Retweet button on Twitter has been changed from blue to green in solidarity with Nigeria <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is no new change to Twitter\u2019s Retweet button as it has always been green.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amid the June 12 protest which is being promoted largely on Twitter, a Twitter user (@ChibuzorUkwu<\/a>) claims Twitter\u2019s Retweet button has been changed from blue to green in solidarity with Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Twitter has changed the retweet button colour from blue to green in solidarity with Nigerians on #June12thProtest”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt of Twitter post caption. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of @ChibuzorUkwu\u2019s Twitter post.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While some users in the comment section say the Retweet button has always been green, others say their\u2019s is still blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the comment section.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa conducted a Keyword search which led to a 2016 report by  Independent<\/a> announcing that the Twitter Retweet button had been changed from forest green to a much brighter, minty green shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Independent report.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This search also led to a Twitter post in 2016 by Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)<\/a> noting this change just as the Independent reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Matt Navarra\u2019s Twitter post.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is no new change to Twitter\u2019s Retweet button as it has always been green.  Even when it was changed in 2016, it was from one shade of green to another and the change was in no way connected to Nigeria. This makes the claim false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A Twitter user claims the Retweet button on Twitter has been changed from blue to green in solidarity with Nigeria  There is no new change to Twitter\u2019s Retweet button as it has always been green. Full Text Amid the June 12 protest which is being promoted largely on Twitter, a Twitter user (@ChibuzorUkwu) claims Twitter\u2019s Retweet button has been changed from blue to green in solidarity with Nigeria. “Twitter has changed the retweet button colour from blue to green in solidarity with Nigerians on #June12thProtest”. Excerpt of Twitter post caption.  While some users in the comment section say the Retweet button has always been green, others say their\u2019s is still blue. Verification Dubawa conducted a Keyword search which led to a 2016 report by  Independent announcing that the Twitter Retweet button had been changed from forest green to a much brighter, minty green shade. This search also led to a Twitter post in 2016 by Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) noting this change just as the Independent reported. Conclusion There is no new change to Twitter\u2019s Retweet button as it has always been green.  Even when it was changed in 2016, it was from one shade of green to another and the change was in no way connected to Nigeria. This makes the claim false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571],"tags":[1949,1942,1947,170,1946,600,1943,1975,251],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1106],"class_list":["post-8156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","tag-democracyday-2","tag-june12thprotest","tag-blue","tag-democracy-day","tag-green","tag-protest","tag-retweet","tag-retweet-button","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-27y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1106,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"lois-ugbede","display_name":"Lois Ugbede","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lois.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lois.jpg"},"author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitter-Retweet-Button-Creator-Regret-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=8156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}