{"id":24807,"date":"2021-06-11T06:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T06:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/trump-congratulates-nigeria-for-twitter-ban-says-more-countries-should-do-the-same.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T06:04:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T06:04:15","slug":"trump-congratulates-nigeria-for-twitter-ban-says-more-countries-should-do-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/trump-congratulates-nigeria-for-twitter-ban-says-more-countries-should-do-the-same.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump congratulates Nigeria for Twitter ban, says more countries should do the same"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCongratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President,\u201d he said in the statement.<\/p>\n

The ex-president also encouraged other countries to follow in Nigeria\u2019s footsteps and ban Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech \u2014 all voices should be heard. In the meantime, competitors will emerge and take hold. Who are they to dictate good and evil if they themselves are evil? Perhaps I should have done it while I was President. But Zuckerberg kept calling me and coming to the White House for dinner telling me how great I was. 2024?\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s approval is coming days after Nigeria suspended Twitter indefinitely<\/a>. The government made the judgment days after Twitter deleted Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s tweet for violating its abusive behaviour policy and several calls by Nigerians to take it down. His tweet threatened punishment on secessionists in the southeastern part of the country.<\/p>\n

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Nigeria suspends Twitter operations, says platform \u2018undermines its corporate existence\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Although the Nigerian President, via his spokesperson, later declared that the state-wide ban on Twitter was only a temporary measure to curb misinformation and fake news, new directives suggest otherwise. The government ordered broadcasting media<\/a> to delete their Twitter accounts and stop using the platform as a news source on Monday, which further confirms a ploy to stifle free speech and enforce censorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn compliance to the above directive, broadcasting stations are hereby advised to de-install Twitter handles and desist from using Twitter as a source (UGC) of information gathering for news and programmes presentation especially phone-in,\u201d an excerpt of the statement read.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Trump has been on the receiving end of not one but two bans. In early January, he was permanently banned from Twitter<\/a> after instigating the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Twitter cited concerns<\/a> over the \u201crisk of further incitement of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Why Twitter says it banned President Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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He was subsequently suspended indefinitely on Facebook. Last Friday, the social media juggernaut announced its decision to reconsider Trump\u2019s suspension in two years<\/a> (which starts counting from January).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. We will evaluate external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markers of civil unrest. If we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue to re-evaluate until that risk has receded,\u201d vice president for Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook, Nick Clegg said. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>When the suspension is eventually lifted, there will be a strict set of rapidly escalating sanctions that will be triggered if Mr Trump commits further violations in future, up to and including permanent removal of his pages and accounts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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