Socia media platform Twitter backed Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko after a video recording of a telephone call between him and his Kiambu counterpart Ferdinand Waititu leaked online.
Users who on Wednesday shared the video recording landed in trouble with the microblogging platform after Sonko complained to Twitter that he owned the rights to the clip.
In the video, Waititu was heard pleading with the Nairobi County boss to release the former's wife and 14 workers who were arrested over unapproved construction in the city.
Twitter sent emails to people who had shared the video alerting them that they had taken down their tweets.
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“The following material has been removed from your account in response to the DMCA takedown notice copied at the bottom of this email: If you believe the material has been removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may send us a counter-notification of your objection pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3),” the email from Twitter read in part.
Twitter policy bars users from sharing content they do not have rights to and anyone who flouts this rule risk suspension or losing their accounts.
Most of the tweets containing the video were set as either “restricted” or “unavailable” after Sonko issued the complaint.
The video was shared widely on social media networks drawing criticism from Kenyans which rattled the governor who filed a copyright complaint with Twitter.
“My phone conversation that was accidentally leaked and now is circulating on your platform without my authority," read the description of the complaint in part with the link to original work stated as www.nairobi.go.ke which is the official website for Nairobi county.
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The motive of recording the conversation is, however, still unclear.
