Ethiopia Files Complaint With Twitter For Shutting Down Their Accounts

Posted by: Suubi Anne in African News December 4, 2021

Ethiopia has filed a complaint with Twitter for shutting down their accounts. The accounts suspended apparently are critical of Tigrayan rebels. The Ethiopian government has been fighting this group of rebels for a long time.

Both sides have been using social media to shape the narrative of the conflict. This conflict between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebel group spans years.

Meanwhile, Abiy’s spokeswoman Billene Seyoum said they have reason to believe Twitter is suspending Pro-Ethopia accounts.

“We have reason to believe that Twitter is targeting and suspending pro-Ethiopia voices that are raising awareness about the TPLF’s atrocities and its lies. We have shared this with their policy team, that we believe Twitter has been infiltrated by TPLF sympathizers in the same manner that many democratic institutions and corporate spaces have also been infiltrated to provide a TPLF narrative,” she said.

Eritrea also too stood with Ethiopia, saying, Twitter suspended the New Africa Institute, a self-described think tank that routinely echoes Ethiopian and Eritrean governments.

Normally it talks about the war. Not only did they suspend the company accounts but also the executive director’s Simon Tesfamariam, account.

A Twitter spokesperson, however, said they suspended Simon’s accounts for violations of rules.

“This includes the creation of multiple accounts to post duplicative content and create fake engagement, and the operation of fake accounts,” the spokesperson said.

Well, we are yet to see whether this complaint will change some things in a few days to come.

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