The government of Nigeria didn’t like the fact that Twitter deleted some comments from their president, so they blocked access to the social media platform.
Twitter, which has banned countless conservatives, including a sitting President of the United States, then had the nerve to release a statement claiming that open internet is an essential human right.
Can you think of a more stunning lack of self-awareness?
Michael Ruiz reports at FOX News:
Twitter declares access to its platform a ‘human right’ amid censorship of conservativesTwitter declared a free and open Internet to be “an essential human right in modern society” Saturday morning after the Nigerian government banned access to the social media giant following a dispute with its president – even as critics say it suppresses conservative content and bans its own users.Twitter deleted a fiery tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari that many perceived as a veiled threat against violent separatists in the nation’s southeast – then his government’s information wing responded by banning the social media platform from the country.”The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria,” the country’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture tweeted Friday night.
This is how Twitter responded:
“We are deeply concerned by the blocking of Twitter in Nigeria,” Twitter’s Public Policy division tweeted in response. “Access to the free and #OpenInternet is an essential human right in modern society. We will work to restore access for all those in Nigeria who rely on Twitter to communicate and connect with the world. #KeepitOn.”
Here’s the tweet:
Replies rolled in quickly:
Twitter clearly thinks that only they are allowed to ban, censor, and silence people.
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