Nigeria suspends Twitter in the country indefinitely
By DW
06 June 2021 |
8:57 am
Nigeria's information minister said the platform was being used to "undermine" Nigeria, though gave no examples. The US media giant recently deleted a tweet from Nigeria's president for being "abusive" toward minorities.
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