{"id":559365,"date":"2021-06-10T13:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559365"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T17:06:26","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-nigerians-celebrating-the-governments-twitter-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-nigerians-celebrating-the-governments-twitter-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Nigerians Celebrating The Government\u2019s Twitter Ban?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-nigerians-celebrating-the-governments-twitter-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233084112-scaled-e1623343599551.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OlatinwoIG\/posts\/2830779727184074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows Nigerians celebrating the government\u2019s decision to ban Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The photo, which dates back to 2012, shows Nigerians protesting the removal of fuel subsidies, not celebrating the government\u2019s recent ban of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian government banned Twitter usage in the country in early June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/05\/world\/africa\/nigeria-twitter-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> reported. Prior to the government issuing the ban, Twitter had removed a tweet from\u00a0Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in which he threatened secessionists, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook users have since been sharing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OlatinwoIG\/posts\/2830779727184074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo<\/a> that supposedly shows a crowd of Nigerians celebrating Twitter\u2019s suspension in the country. In the picture, hundreds of people can be seen walking in a street. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/11\/fact-check-nigeria-purchase-whatsapp-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Nigeria Purchase WhatsApp From Facebook?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search revealed the image does not depict Nigerians celebrating the government\u2019s banning of Twitter. Instead, it shows people in Nigeria protesting the government\u2019s removal of fuel subsidies back in 2012. CNN included the picture in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/09\/world\/africa\/nigeria-strike\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2012 article<\/a> titled \u201cNigerians protest end of fuel subsidy\u201d that reported on the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians take to the streets to protest \u2013 Protesters took to the streets on Monday, January 9, in a nationwide strike against the Nigerian government\u2019s decision to take away fuel subsidies,\u201d the photo\u2019s caption <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/09\/world\/africa\/nigeria-strike\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian government\u2019s decision to suspend Twitter has not stopped usage of the social media platform by some Nigerians, who have utilized Virtual Private Networks to skirt the ban, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-57402349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. 176 Nigerians and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project recently filed a lawsuit seeking an interim injunction on the government\u2019s ban of Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/nigeria-twitter-court\/nigerians-fight-governments-twitter-ban-with-legal-action-idUSL5N2NP2QX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows Nigerians celebrating the government\u2019s decision to ban Twitter.Verdict: False The photo, which dates back to 2012, shows Nigerians protesting the removal of fuel &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279888,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233084112-scaled-e1623343599551.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Nigerians Celebrating The Government\u2019s Twitter Ban?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233084112-scaled-e1623343599551.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Nigerians Celebrating The Government\u2019s Twitter Ban?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}