Nigeria's Decision to Ban Twitter Has No Legal Basis. Here's Why

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In early June, the Nigerian government announced that it had banned the use of Twitter in the country. This followed the media platform's decision to delete a tweet by the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on the grounds that it violated the platform's rules.

The Attorney General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, vowed to prosecute violators of the ban, a threat that he later recanted.

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