based or cringe? One one hand human right activists in these countries are using Twitter to create awareness about the local isseus. On the other hand, CIA also uses it to manufacture consent to whatever plans they got

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    That's fair. I don't know anything about why the ban is occurring and have not at all looked into it. Mentioning India made me assume it being bad for us though. I did want to sound off on what social media is enabling for us and why we should defend it wherever possible though even if it is largely establishment controlled. It being less controlled than older media is a significant benefit.

    If this happens in India I believe it is certainly a negative. I know very little about Nigeria's conditions though.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah it seems like an entirely different situation in both countries.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Could you elaborate? I would be quite interested in understanding the Nigerian issue a bit better.

        • blobjim [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I know next to nothing about Nigeria but from the CNN article alone it looks like Twitter deleted one of Nigeria's president's tweets. See my other comment here. It also looks like Nigeria is part of Belt and Road.