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Nigeria: Twitter Ban Shows Limits of State Power in Nigeria
CFR, 18 January 2022
The Nigerian government's ban of Twitter led many users to simply switch platforms or circumvent the ban with VPNs, an illustration of the difficulty of clamping down on online… Read more »
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Nigeria: 222 Days of Twitter Ban in Nigeria and Matters Arising
This Day, 17 January 2022
On January 13, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari lifted the ban against Twitter operations in Nigeria. This was after 222 days or seven months of the ban. As expected, this lift… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Lifts Twitter Suspension
Premium Times, 12 January 2022
Since the suspension, millions of Twitter users have been unable to use the social media platform in Nigeria unless they use a Virtual Private Network. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria to Lift Ban On Twitter At Midnight
DW, 12 January 2022
Seven months after Nigeria shut out more than 200 million people from the social networking site, Nigerians will have Twitter back. Nigeria's IT development agency said the US tech… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Lifts Ban On Twitter, Says the Social Media Giant Has Met Conditions
TechCrunch, 12 January 2022
The Nigerian government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations more than six months after it first declared a crackdown on the social media giant in the country. Read more »
Nigerian Govt Lifts Twitter Ban After Conditions Met
Seven months after Nigeria shut out more than 200 million people from the social networking site, Nigerians will have Twitter back.
The government announced the suspension of the social media platform in June 2021, after it deleted a controversial tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. The government also accused Twitter of working against Nigeria's interests.
The government stipulated that five conditions were to be met before the suspension would be lifted. This included that Twitter pay attention to national security and cohesion, registration, physical presence, and representation in Nigeria, as well as dispute resolution, and local content".
The government has said the conditions have been met.
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