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On Friday, May 4, 2021, Nigeria banned Twitter. Why?

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On Friday, May 4, 2021, Nigeria banned Twitter. Why?

Twitter deleted a tweet from Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, May 2, 2021. The company also suspended Buhari from using the platform for 12 hours. In response, on Friday, May 4, 2021, the Nigerian government announced its “indefinite” suspension of Twitter. On Saturday, the Nigerian government started blocking access to Twitter from within the country. In addition, the government announced that it would arrest and prosecute anyone in Nigeria caught using the social platform._x000D_

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_x000D_Twitter has more than 39 million users located in Nigeria.

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