'We are facing unprecedented challenges as governments around the world increasingly attempt to intervene and remove content,' said Twitter's Sinead McSweeney.
in the United States, have condemned social media policies while simultaneously using the platform to engage with constituents. As more politicians and official government departments utilize social media than ever before, Arogundade said that increased usage has invited louder calls for regulation.
Arogundade estimated that the Nigerian economy lost as much as N546.5 billion during the course of the seven-month ban. Twitter has become increasingly popular on the African continent, especially in countries like Nigeria, which has more than 120 million people under the age of 25, and more than 40 million social media users with rapidly expanding access to technology. The ban was imposed by PresidentMany criticized President Buhari's actions when the ban was first announced as an infringement on users' freedom of expression and access to information — two crucial pillars of democracy.
"Twitter became a space of enterprise," Obadore said."For many people, Twitter was a primary avenue to trade goods and services. This was not just mom and pop businesses, but individual startups." Twitter's growth has brought new levels of transparency and communication to users across the world. Approaching 400 million global users, it has also caught the attention of international leaders, who are pushing for increased levels of government scrutiny and control over the social media giant, while looking to use it for their own purposes.
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