Nigeria suspends Twitter days after a post by its president was removed
The US tech firm said Buhari’s post violated Twitter’s ‘abusive behaviour’ policy
04 June 2021 - 21:20
Abuja — Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.
Nigeria’s information minister Lai Mohammed said the government had acted because of “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence”...
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