New Delhi (CNN Business) - Twitter is under siege in two countries that are critical for its global growth plans

The social media giant has been ensnared in a battle with the Indian government for months over free speech and other issues, and is contending with restrictive new rules pushed by New Delhi. If that wasn't enough, even more dramatic events are unfolding thousands of miles away along Africa's Western coast.

Nigeria last week "indefinitely" blocked Twitter after the company deleted a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened a brutal clampdown on unrest in Africa's most populous nation. The Nigerian government also ordered federal prosecutors to arrest users of the app.

The restrictions in India and the ban in Nigeria are troublesome for Twitter. While the company does not break down user data for these countries, independent research suggests India is among its top five markets. Asia's third-largest economy — with its 700 million internet users and many more yet to come online — is also Twitter's top growth market. Meanwhile, nearly 20% of Nigeria's population of 200 million have Twitter accounts, according to NOI Polls.

Now that Nigeria has shown it isn't afraid to ban Twitter, some worry India might be next if the tussle between New Delhi and the company can't be resolved.
"If this continues, the Indian government's China Envy will become Nigeria Envy," tweeted internet activist Nikhil Pahwa, the Delhi-based founder of tech website MediaNama.
"You may see more calls for banning Twitter in India, if it continues to defy the government," Pahwa told CNN Business.
New challenges abroad coincide with strains at home, where Washington has shown a willingness to rein in American tech giants. And it doesn't help that former US President Donald Trump — who is currently banned from Twitter and Facebook — has urged other countries to follow Nigeria's example.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/12/tech/twitter-india-nigeria-intl-hnk/index.html

I think that it's possible for the government to help promote any private owned Nigeria communication site similar to Twitter
Samething China did with Tiktok and I think Snapchat instead of us to be crying over Twitter
We have the population to our advantage just like China
We can turn this Twitter ban to our advantage

Lalasticlala do the needful

Let me book my space here

Twitter is just a company doing business.

They can never dictate to a sovereign nation on where they must operate neither can any nation dictate to another what platform or company that must operate within its confines.

Commentor:
Twitter is just a company doing business.

They can never dictate to a sovereign nation on where they must operate neither can any nation dictate to another what platform or company that must operate within its confines.

Yes, only Nigeria haters will argue this

What are you even saying?
Is it Nigeria that doesn't need Twitter?