The Ethiopian regime has said it has blocked
social media to keep students sitting for university entrance exams from
distraction. But critics believe that it was an excuse to censor the internet
by a regime that is also a leading jailer of journalists.
Facebook, Twitter, Viber and
Instagram were all blocked by the latest crackdown by the government.
The move came after what was
believed to be a copy of the tests surfaced on social media last week.
The regime was forced to
postpone the nationwide exam in May after leaked copies of the test were shared
on social media.
Clampdown on the internet is
not new in Ethiopia. Websites that are critical to the regime remained blocked.
The UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva last week declared that access to the internet is a basic human right.
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