Social Media Buzz: Crypto Weibo Accounts, Royal Caribbean, AR-15

(Bloomberg) -- What’s buzzing on social media this morning:

Twitter Inc. says it’s working to regain access for users in Nigeria. Earlier, the country suspended the social media platform’s operations indefinitely, after Twitter deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Bitcoin erased gains and fell by as much as 4.7% on Saturday, to as low as $35,324. Weibo, a Chinese social-media service, appears to have blocked some cryptocurrency-related accounts, citing violation of laws and Weibo community rules. Weibo has cracked down on various cryptocurrency-related accounts in the past.

At least 100 people were killed by suspected militants in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, according to the government. The West Africa country didn’t say who might be responsible for this attack.

A federal judge overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons, saying the AR-15 rifle is like the Swiss Army Knife, a “perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.”

• California governor called the ruling a direct threat to public safety:

Royal Caribbean International will no longer require cruise passengers to be vaccinated, a reversal from previous stance and vaccine protocols it submitted to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, Miami Herald reported.

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