Senegal suspends TikTok entry amid anti-govt protests citing ‘hateful messages’

Senegal has suspended entry to social media app TikTok till additional discover, the communications minister stated on Wednesday, days after limiting using cell web amid opposition protests.

“The minister… informs the public that it has been observed that the TikTok application is the social network favoured by people with bad intentions to spread hateful and subversive messages threatening the stability of the country,” the minister’s assertion stated.

The West African nation has additionally restricted entry to web companies since Monday, utilizing an identical justification.

The restrictions come after opposition chief Ousmane Sonko was charged with plotting an riot, felony conspiracy and different offences.

Senegal has seen sporadic violent protests all year long, as opposition supporters have accused President Macky Sall of levelling expenses towards Sonko to disqualify him from the subsequent election.