The High Authority for Communication in Gabon have suspended social media use across the nation.
A spokesperson for the High Authority for Communication said in an engagement with reporters, note that “defamatory, hateful and insulting content” is stoking conflict and division in society.
He said the “spread of false information,” “cyberbullying” and “unauthorised disclosure of personal data” are destabilizing government institutions and threatening democratic progress.
The body hasn’t named any social media platforms that will be included in the ban. The regulator said “freedom of expression, including freedom of comment and criticism,” remain “a fundamental right enshrined in Gabon.”
President Brice Oligui Nguema is facing his first wave of social unrest since taking office last year.
