Nigeria bans Twitter after censorship

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Published June 6, 2021 at 10:38 AM

Media. Nigeria has decided to ban Twitter from operating in the country. This after the social media platform deleted a post by the President of Nigeria, reports France24.

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The message comes after Twitter deleted a tweet by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

In the post, Buhari threatened to deal with people in the southwestern part of the country whom he accuses of having was behind attacks on infrastructure in the region.

According to the African country's government, Twitter has been “undermining” Nigeria.

On Saturday, several mobile operators in Nigeria had already blocked Twitter, writes France24.