Impact of Nigeria’s Twitter ban
09 June 2021 |
9:38 am
Nigeria announced the indefinite ban of Twitter and this announcement was received with a lot of outrage by Twitter users in the country claiming a violation of their basic human right. Highlighted in this video are some implications of the ban in Nigeria.
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