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Gabon Suspends Social Media Platforms to Curb Hate Speech and Division
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The High Authority for Communication (HAC) announced on 17 February the immediate suspension and "until further notice" of social networks in Gabon, while Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is facing his first wave of social protest.
The High Authority of Gabonese Communication justifies the decision by broadcasting "inappropriate, defamatory, hateful content" on digital platforms. The president, Brice Oligui Nguema, faced his first wave of social protest in January and February.
Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema was confronted in January and February with his first wave of social protest with a teachers' strike that has been going on in places for more than a month. The High Authority for Communication (HAC) in Gabon announced on Tuesday the suspension...
Social media in Gabon will be shut down indefinitely, the country's media authority said on Tuesday. The alleged purpose of the shutdown, which will take effect "immediately," is that content posted on the platforms has fueled "divisiveness and conflict" in society. Gabon's President Brice Oligui Nguema's government has recently faced...
On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, Gabon's High Authority for Communication (HAC) decided to suspend social networks on the national territory immediately until further notice. The decision is aimed at preventing abuses after, according to HAC, the abuse of these social networks. The decision made public in the evening fell like a coupret. In Libreville, Yves Laurent Goma.
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