{"id":30135,"date":"2020-10-15T12:29:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30135"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:44:32","slug":"jack-dorsey-urged-bitcoin-donations-to-those-affected-by-nigerias-police-brutality-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/jack-dorsey-urged-bitcoin-donations-to-those-affected-by-nigerias-police-brutality-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey urged Bitcoin donations to those affected by Nigeria\u2019s police brutality protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey urged users to donate Bitcoin to those affected by police brutality in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donate via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> to help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndSARS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndSARS<\/a> \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kf305SFXze\">https:\/\/t.co\/kf305SFXze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1316485283777519620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dorsey added the hashtag #EndSARS to his post. The movement advocates against the brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 4, protests have swept the country, prompting President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE: The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliceNG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PoliceNG<\/a> has been dissolved WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.<\/p>\n<p>The Inspector General of Police will communicate further developments in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NGRPresident\/status\/1315273093221318656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But SARS officers continue to operate in other police units. Human rights advocates and EndSARS supporters say the authorities&#8217; measures are insufficient and continue to protest.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign was backed by Paxful chief executive Ray Youssef. He said SARS targets users of digital assets. He called the situation in Nigeria a &#8220;human rights crisis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a real crisis of human rights happening now! Police are targeting young entrepreneurs for using crypto currency. Nigerians brilliantly adopted crypto early and used it legitimately to rise out of poverty and restore honor to Nigeria and this is their reward ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndSARS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndSARS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tuhn83x5pA\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tuhn83x5pA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ray Youssef (@raypaxful) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raypaxful\/status\/1315093852836057090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The movement was backed by local cryptocurrency exchange Busha. Its representatives urged other tech startups to contribute to the fight for Nigerians&#8217; rights.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We just matched this donation by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buycoins_africa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@buycoins_africa<\/a> and are calling other tech startups to donate to this cause.<\/p>\n<p>This issue affects us and our employees the most. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndSars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndSars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndPoliceBrutality?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndPoliceBrutality<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QGxYmnNi12\">https:\/\/t.co\/QGxYmnNi12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Busha (@BushaHub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BushaHub\/status\/1314656465345548293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In October, Square, Jack Dorsey&#8217;s payments company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/square-invested-50-million-in-bitcoin\">bought<\/a> approximately 4,709 BTC for $50 million. The investment in the leading cryptocurrency amounted to around 1% of the organisation&#8217;s total assets at the end of the second quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey urged users to donate Bitcoin to those affected by police brutality in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1330],"class_list":["post-30135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-jack-dorsey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30137,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30135\/revisions\/30137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}