Sunday, June 06, 2021

#NIGERIA: Nation Blocks Twitter After President's Tweet Deleted

[world politics news]


The Nigerian government says it has "indefinitely suspended" Twitter's operations in the country, the Ministry of Information and Culture announced in a statement on Friday.

"The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria," it read.

The suspension comes two days after Twitter deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was widely perceived as offensive.

An estimated 39 million Nigerians use Twitter.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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