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The world of Twitter is an uncensored one. It is as wide and deep as it is harsh and unforgiving. On the social networking site, internet users express themselves without holding back, with the truth bluntly told and rumours spreading faster than you can retweet.
The multilingual microblogging and social networking service was launched in the United States back in 2006, with the first Kenyans trying it out a year later. It has quickly grown over its 14 years to boast 330 million active monthly users globally, with 145 Million of these using the application daily. The figure was last disclosed by the Los Angeles based corporation in its quarter 1 2019 earnings report.
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