Azerbaijan Blocks Social Media as Hijab Protests Continue
By Rafig Shahbazov 12 October 2026 Photo: Shutterstock Users in Azerbaijan have reported difficulties accessing Instagram and TikTok, claiming the sites only work with VPNs: fuelling speculation that the authorities are restricting access amid protests against hijab restrictions in schools. Users have reported that the platforms were inaccessible from Monday morning, with some complaining about slow connections, feeds failing to refresh, and videos not loading. While outage-m
Open Caucasus Media
6 days ago
Concern Grows Over Gabon’s Social Media Clampdown
By Eromo Egbejule May 13, 2026 Activists claim use of laws to curtail internet freedoms part of well-documented history of cracking down on dissent The granddaughter of the former prime minister of Gabon, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, holds a placard in the colours of the flag of Gabon reading ‘Free my grandfather’ during a demonstration in Paris on 25 April. Photograph: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Images When Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platf
The Guardian
Oct 1
Nepal social media shutdown used to quell protests
Nepal’s social media ban reflects a broader struggle over free expression and state control by Charlie Campbell Editor at Large...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Sep 12, 2025
Cambodia Bars Meta Oversight Over PM's Suspension
Reuters Reporting by Reuters staff; Additional reporting by Kanupriya Kapoor, Fanny Potkin; Writing by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by...
Genocide Watch
Jul 5, 2023
Cambodia PM Hun Sen Accused of Inciting Violence on Facebook
By Fiona Kelliher Published On 29 Jun 2023 Meta oversight board recommends that Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts be suspended...
Al Jazeera
Jun 29, 2023
Cameroon’s Ethno-Political Tensions and Facebook Are a Deadly Mix
When at least 53 people died in Cameroon in late January after a bus collided with a fuel-laden truck—one of the worst road accidents in...
Arrey Elvis Ntui | World Politics Review
Feb 9, 2021
Myanmar hardline monks vow to stay on Facebook despite ban
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using the social media giant to “tell the truth”, they...
Reuters
Jun 8, 2018
SPLC: Racially incendiary Russian ads apparently had their intended effect
Facebook accounts with Russian ties not only sowed racial and cultural division, but their ads preceded spikes in hate crimes. One of the...
Hatewatch
Jun 8, 2018
Central African Republic: Hate Speech on Social Media Inflaming Divisions
People queue for food aid distribution delivered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and world food...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jun 4, 2018
