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Facebook, Twitter and major social media sites blocked amid Liberian anti-corruption protest

Telecommunications firms and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Liberia have limited Internet get right of entry to within the nation via blockading Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat amid anti-corruption protests via electorate. The transfer appears to be an instruction from Liberian government in a bid to check out and suppress the “Save The State” protests basically going down in …
Telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Liberia have restricted Internet access in the country by blocking Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat amid anti-corruption protests by citizens. The move seems to be an instruction from Liberian authorities in a bid to try and suppress the “Save The State” protests mainly taking place in …

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