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Twitter has released an emoji in support of protests against police brutality in Nigeria.
The CEO of the social media platform, Jack Dorsey, tweeted the hashtag #EndSARS with the new emoji on Friday morning.
The emoji, a raised fist in the colors of the Nigerian flag, has already been widely used on the social media platform.
Meanwhile, the Twitter account of the Nigerian broadcasting authority has been hacked.
The hackers are sharing messages in support of the protests.
This is the second week of brutal anti-police demonstrations that started online and have spread to the streets of cities in Nigeria and abroad, including London and Berlin.
The protests initially called for the dissolution of the Special Anti-Theft Squad (Sars), a police unit widely accused of extortion, torture and extrajudicial executions.
However, following an announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday that the unit would be disbanded, protesters called for further reforms, including compensation for the victims’ families and better funding for the police.
Source: BBC
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