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How US, UK, EU are responding to #TwitterBan in Nigeria
It is no news the banning of Twitter by the Nigerian government has affected the citizens dearly, as most use the platform to voice their grievances against the systems.
It is no news the banning of Twitter by the Nigerian government has affected the citizens terribly, as most use the platform for business and to voice their grievances against the systems.
The banning, according to the federal government was indefinitely put in place over “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”.
You will recall that the suspension came two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari’s account for violating its rules.
“We are here as partners who want to see Nigeria succeed. We want to see this place unified, peaceful and prosperous and that’s how all of our activities are arranged. I think we have to be very clear that we are Nigeria’s strong partners on issues of security and we recognize the daunting times and the array of security challenges that confront Nigeria.
“While they are daunting, they are not insurmountable and part of the way to surmount them is through a partnership of the people you see represented here,” Leonards said.
“Not only in physical security but in terms of expanding opportunities and promoting mediation and dialogue; this is all very important and we look forward to continuing that partnership and continuing our conversation around important issues like media freedom.
“We reaffirm our position that free access to the ability to express oneself is actually very important and perhaps more important in troubled times.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Government says it would restore Twitter operations in Nigeria if the platform would be used responsibly by the citizens.
“We are not saying that Twitter is threatening the country or any such thing; why we have taken this measure is to stop them to be used as platforms for destabilization and facilitation of criminality or encouragement of criminalities,” the Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama stated.