Former President Trump on Tuesday applauded Nigeria’s Twitter ban and called on other countries to follow suit.
Trump praised the West African country for banning use of the social media platform after the Twitter suspended the account of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for comparing gunmen attacking national electoral commission offices to the Nigeria Civil War. The company deleted the tweet, saying it violated their abusive behavior policy.
“Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President. More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech—all voices should be heard,” Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
Nigeria indefinitely suspended Twitter’s operations in the country late last week.
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JUST IN: Trump backs Nigeria banning Twitter, calls for other countries to follow https://t.co/8W5GS6tyu4 pic.twitter.com/OP3TdzVMo1
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2021
When you say "don't amplify Trump," I say "take this press release and hold it up to the face of every Trump 2020 voter and ask them if this is what they wanted." Because some clarity would be good before 2024. https://t.co/CjU85bwQvU
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 8, 2021
the other day, when the nigeria news broke, i thought, “i bet trump is dialing up mark meadows and asking why he never thought to ban twitter here.” then i thought, “nah, even he knows u.s. law better than that.” pic.twitter.com/wPsDlb7Qdr
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 8, 2021
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