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Announced Twitter Suspension

The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria through a press release and a series of tweets. The reason behind this announcement was the use …

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2021-06-04
adopted

The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter in N…

2022-01-13
revoked

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced the termination of the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria…