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On 4 June 2021, the government of Nigeria “suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter” in the country. The decision was announced days after a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari was deleted by the platform.
Since then, access to Twitter through Nigeria s main phone service providers has been blocked, according to news reports.
So far the government has not detailed how the ban will be operationalised in practice. Also, no further explanations have been given to justify the ban beyond a reference to the “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria s corporate existence.”
New reports suggest that Nigeria is working with China to build an Internet firewall. If built, it would give the government full control over what Nigerians can access on the Internet… even VPNs
The internet firewall is a way of having a separate network for the Nigerian Internet that will give the government control over social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.