Senegal Restricts Internet as Opposition Leader Formally Charged

Senegal has restricted access to Internet services from Monday due to the spread of “hateful messages” on social media, the country’s communications minister said in a statement, as opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is formally charged with fomenting an insurrection.

“Due to the dissemination of hateful and subversive messages on social networks … mobile data Internet is being temporarily suspended during certain hours from Monday July 31”, Communications Minister Moussa Bocar Thiam said in a statement.

“Telephone operators are required to comply with the notified requirements.”

The move comes after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was charged with plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy, and other offences, three days after being arrested at his home.

Via Aljazeera