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9 JUNE, 2021 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Good morning ☀️ ️ Talking about trying out new things, Zimbabwean director Ben Mahakais launching his next drama series over WhatsApp. That wasn’t a typo. Yes, WhatsApp. It’s an interactive drama series that’ll containemojis, texts, stickers, voices, and photos. In today’s edition: Why half the internet was down on […]
Nigeria’s House of Representatives passed a new resolution to investigate the legality of the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in the country. The investigation was announced on Tuesday. This represents the first major move by the legislative body on the suspension of the social media service. The government’s decision to suspend Twitter has been met […]
Many Nigerians have been continuing to tweet in defiance of government threats to arrest and prosecute anyone violating the ban it imposed on Twitter.
They are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass the ban after telecommunications companies heeded the government s directive and blocked the micro-blogging site.
Gbenga Sesan of the Paradigm Initiative, which offers digital opportunities to young people across Africa, said the government s ban had backfired. Guess what? The only people who have been muted right now appear to be the government themselves. Yes, some businesses are not tweeting because clearly, they do not want to be punished, but the citizens they were trying to proscribe are still tweeting, he told the BBC.