{UAH} Ethiopia creates homemade social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp
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Ethiopia creates homemade social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp
The Ethiopian government has announced that homemade social media platforms are being created to rival global companies such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, etc.
The decision follows accusations that these platforms have acted against national interest through the deletion of posts and pages that are "disseminating the true reality about Ethiopia" and those "preaching national unity and peace."
The announcement was made on Monday, August 23rd, 2021 by Shumete Gizaw, the director-general of the government's Information Network Security Agency (INSA).
It would be recalled that, in June last year, Facebook announced that, it has "removed 62 Facebook accounts, 49 Pages, 26 Groups, and 32 accounts on Instagram for violating our policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior."
The Ethiopian government retaliated by shutting down social media services including Facebook and WhatsApp on several occasions without providing any reason.
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