Nigeria blocks Twitter after president’s tweet deleted
Activists condemn stifling of social media platform in country of 200 million
Telecoms operators in Nigeria began restricting Twitter on Saturday as the government announced the indefinite suspension of the platform after it deleted a post by the country’s president.
The ban was ordered due to “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday in a statement that was also posted on Twitter.
He also ordered the country’s broadcast commission to compel all so-called over-the-top media services and social-media operations in Nigeria to apply for permits to operate.
Twitter said the announcement was “deeply…
