Abuja — Nigerian authorities should end their suspension of Twitter's operations in Nigeria, not threaten to punish news outlets for using the platform, and allow the press to use social media networks freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Yesterday, the National Broadcasting Commission, the country's broadcast regulator, issued a press release, dated June 6, ordering all broadcast outlets to cease publishing information on Twitter and to stop using Twitter as a news source.
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