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Social media suspended in Gabon 'until further notice': media regulator

Gabon's media regulator on Tuesday announced the suspension of social media platforms "until further notice", blaming content posted online for stoking conflict and division in society

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00:00Social media platforms in Gabon have been suspended until further notice the country's media regulator announced on Tuesday.
00:09The body hasn't named any social media platforms that will be included in the ban.
00:15A spokesperson for the High Authority for Communications said defamatory, hateful and insulting content is stoking conflict and division in
00:25society.
00:26He said the spread of false information, cyberbullying and unauthorised disclosure of personal data are destabilising government institutions and threatening
00:37democratic progress.
00:39The regulator said freedom of expression, including freedom of comment and criticism, remain a fundamental right enshrined in Gabon.
00:49President Bryce Oligi Ngema is facing his first wave of social unrest less than a year after being elected.
00:57Teachers have been striking since December over pay and conditions, and protests have spread to other public sectors, including health,
01:07higher education and broadcasting.
01:11Ngema won a presidential election in April, two years after leading a military coup.
01:18Ngema is staffing and izquierda demokrat Frauen dezette au, a HoaxhBC Stu Predator news da aucun slivers eurlical challenge.
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