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Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Jayhome24: 8:28am On Oct 23, 2025
Nice123:
Another protest loading, my people learn in hard way!
Well, if it happen fine but I somehow support the decision. The social media has turned to something else.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 8:29am On Oct 23, 2025
PigTormentor:
Seriously? That's why the US is forcing Tik tok to sell to American companies. That's nothing but censorship. They did it simply to co control the contents.
There's more censorship under Trump now than in some African countries.
Pls stop all these only in Nigeria or Africa.
Many Nigerians love to live in ignorance.

For many years, Cheeto Mussolini claimed TikTok was a security risk and it must be banned in America.


Only to sell it to his Israeli propaganda cohort.
The
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by NewHe: 8:30am On Oct 23, 2025
The so called activist and oppositions won't address the issue of moral values decadency but will focus on free speech!
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Treasure17(m): 8:31am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
Very good.

More countries should do the same.

Elon Musk has a penchant for promoting pornography, Ill will and pandemonium.
So by your logic, banning x will reduce pornography?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 8:31am On Oct 23, 2025
kullozone:
Why are African leaders so scared of being exposed by the masses?
Why are they all scared of social media in Africahuh
Why all the laws to minimize the use of social media?
So you don't want the rest of the world to keep seeing our primitive and disgraceful ways?
Aren't you people ashamed of yourselves? Just look at how our leaders fair compared to leaders from other continents. They are so inferior and backward.
Africa is a cage... Locked away from the rest of the world. Shame!
Call me what you want, but something is significantly wrong with the Bl@ck man
Why is it banned in a country that is highly industrialised and contains over a billion people?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by arantess: 8:31am On Oct 23, 2025
Namaster:
Way to go.

Serious countries MUST follow their example.

Twitter is a heavily COMPROMISED entity used to MANIPULATE people and push Musk, and now US, approved PROPAGANDA.

If you want to SAVE your country, Twitter, TikTok and FaceBook must be BANNED.

They are INSIDIOUS tools of manipulation used by people with NEFARIOUS intentions.

BAN THEM ALL!
What use is the ban when VPN dey?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 8:32am On Oct 23, 2025
Treasure17:
So by your logic, banning x will reduce pornography?
I'm only stating Elon Musk's reason for asking for the boycott of Netflix.

Surely, you agree with him?

grin
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Nobody: 8:32am On Oct 23, 2025
Two edged sword
Oppression of the masses (why limit it to government officials, are they vulnerable to cyber threat or there are measures put in place to curb it)

Why not restrict some adult related contents in the country or work with the company to create laws governing posts about the government?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Belurved1(m): 8:33am On Oct 23, 2025
VPN

standout5:
How Iyabo Ojo pikin wey marry Tanzania go dey drop update for Twitter like this?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Dumfrank(m): 8:34am On Oct 23, 2025
Banning X is not the way to go. A government that is doing the right thing and standing by its citizens would have no reason to censor freedom of speech and association. In this era where positive change and innovation are driven online, choosing to ban X reflects nothing but incompetence.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by gabbasin(m): 8:38am On Oct 23, 2025
I thought having women at the helm of affairs is a blessing until Tanzania produce a woman president. Under her watch social media are being restricted.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Brendaniel: 8:38am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
That's not true.

Many accounts are banned on twitter daily.

If freedom of speech was universal, that wouldn't happen.
There is difference between freedom of speech and committing an offense, if they violated twitter's rules, they will get banned..
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by kullozone(m): 8:40am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
Why is it banned in a country that is highly industrialised and contains over a billion people?
I don't know!
Why was it banned?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 8:40am On Oct 23, 2025
Brendaniel:
There is difference between freedom of speech and committing an offense, if they violated twitter's rules, they will get banned..
Like what offence?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by yesloaded: 8:44am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
You want to choose for a nation what they MUST do?

grin
I have to correct your misinformation
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by chatinent: 8:45am On Oct 23, 2025
Africans are truly what the west depict them as.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Brendaniel: 8:45am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
Like what offence?
posting pictures or videos not appropriate for general public, using multiple accounts with the aim of generating traffic and so on, this has nothing to do with voicing out your opinion
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Dalohad: 8:49am On Oct 23, 2025
Namaster:
Way to go.

Serious countries MUST follow their example.

Twitter is a heavily COMPROMISED entity used to MANIPULATE people and push Musk, and now US, approved PROPAGANDA.

If you want to SAVE your country, Twitter, TikTok and FaceBook must be BANNED.

They are INSIDIOUS tools of manipulation used by people with NEFARIOUS intentions.

BAN THEM ALL!
If na GEJ do am, you and Lie Mohammed go support am?

No be Lies and fake news Una use win 2015 elections?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by lucianohase(m): 8:56am On Oct 23, 2025
This X is becoming something else! Ever since Elon Musk bought it, X has been suspending people's account permanently and placing it on read only state. Moreover, they always cite violation of X regulations , which many has complained that they didn't know when that violation happened.....Even after appealing , X won't respond. So I think it's high time, X access to some countries is being blocked .
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Kemetian: 8:59am On Oct 23, 2025
TechCapon:
That's africa for you. While the whole world is moving forward we're moving backwards
So “moving forward” means accepting every GARBAGE from America, abi?

China is ahead of America, and they don’t tolerate American GARBAGE in their digital spaces.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Kemetian: 9:01am On Oct 23, 2025
chatinent:
Africans are truly what the west depict them as.
You think like a slave.

Free men don’t care what others think about them.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by toprealman: 9:09am On Oct 23, 2025
VPN to the rescue.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 9:14am On Oct 23, 2025
Brendaniel:
posting pictures or videos not appropriate for general public, using multiple accounts with the aim of generating traffic and so on, this has nothing to do with voicing out your opinion
You missed out hate speech, the use of imagery associated with hate groups, etc.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Brendaniel: 9:23am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
You missed out hate speech, the use of imagery associated with hate groups, etc.
Hate speech ?

Why do you think almost every terrorist group and even outlawed groups in the world have a twitter account?

Why do you think governments like the one you are supporting now are banning twitter, because of the freedom to express yourself...

So what do you classify as hate speech?
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by nurudeen181(m): 9:23am On Oct 23, 2025
TechCapon:
That's africa for you. While the whole world is moving forward we're moving backwards
You're moving backwards, not Africa. China is the number one in technology, market, food today but they never used Twitter. Russia is the number one country in the world in terms of technology and technical skills but they're made regulations on social media including their own telegram, why was America banning tiktok, why is france chasing telegram here and there. This are some but a few you can research on
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Tolu2024(m): 9:24am On Oct 23, 2025
alphonsojidebab:
https://eyesoflagos.com/tanzania-bans-x-twitter-public-access-cybersecurity-concerns/
Useless Africa Union need to take control of social media platforms in Africa just like the European Union have control over social media platforms in they continent if not many regimes change will happen across Africa for any puppet who didn’t do as he was told .
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by almarthins(m): 9:25am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
Very good.

More countries should do the same.

Elon Musk has a penchant for promoting pornography, Ill will and pandemonium.
Explicit content wey dey everywhere, na only x dem see?

If u say fake news, I go agree with you small because them dey YouTube too.
Sultan of sokoto go dey happy now because dem no want anybody to see the evil wey dem wan do.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 9:26am On Oct 23, 2025
almarthins:
Explicit content wey dey everywhere, na only x dem see?

If u say fake news, I go agree with you small because them dey YouTube too.
Sultan of sokoto go dey happy now because dem no want anybody to see the evil wey dem wan do.
Musk said so about Netflix.

Extend your criticism to Musk.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

grin
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Tolu2024(m): 9:27am On Oct 23, 2025
nurudeen181:
You're moving backwards, not Africa. China is the number one in technology, market, food today but they never used Twitter. Russia is the number one country in the world in terms of technology and technical skills but they're made regulations on social media including their own telegram, why was America banning tiktok, why is france chasing telegram here and there. This are some but a few you can research on
Don’t mind him anything the west do is ok by standard but if Africa do the same it backwardness.
In Europe the govt have control over your phone and your bank account.
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Commentor: 9:27am On Oct 23, 2025
Brendaniel:
Hate speech ?

Why do you think almost every terrorist group and even outlawed groups in the world have a twitter account?

Why do you think governments like the one you are supporting now are banning twitter, because of the freedom to express yourself...

So what do you classify as hate speech?
Why are you asking me when it is one of the reasons you would be banned on X?

grin
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Goddyrichie(m): 9:28am On Oct 23, 2025
Namaster:
Way to go.

Serious countries MUST follow their example.

Twitter is a heavily COMPROMISED entity used to MANIPULATE people and push Musk, and now US, approved PROPAGANDA.

If you want to SAVE your country, Twitter, TikTok and FaceBook must be BANNED.

They are INSIDIOUS tools of manipulation used by people with NEFARIOUS intentions.

BAN THEM ALL!
u supposed no use phone at all na even here on NL too 😒
Re: Tanzania Officially Bans X, Restricting Access To Only Government Officials by Brendaniel: 9:28am On Oct 23, 2025
Commentor:
Why are you asking me when it is one of the reasons you would be banned on X?

grin
Show me any instance of your claim...
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