An open letter, signed by 14 not-for-profits, called upon the government to suspend the implementation of Indias new IT rules, which came into effect last month.
Read more about Digital rights outfits call upon Indian govt to roll back IT Rules on Business Standard. Coalition of 14 such outfits is also asking corporations to step up against intrusion by Indian authorities into the rights of millions of people who use their services everyday
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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.”
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