{"id":4168,"date":"2022-01-20T16:04:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2022-01-20T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:47:09","slug":"facebook-shut-in-burkina-faso-over-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/facebook-shut-in-burkina-faso-over-security-concerns","title":{"rendered":"Facebook shut in Burkina Faso over security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The authorities in Burkina Faso have said they disrupted access to Facebook due to security fears.<\/p>\n<p>Government spokesperson Alkassoum Maiga said the authorities did not have to explain themselves on the shutdown first reported on 10 January and which appears to have continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that if we have a choice between letting insecurity spread and taking measures that allow us to maintain a minimum control over the situation, then the choice seems clear to us that the national interest must take precedence,&#8221; Maiga said, according to the popular Radio Omega.<\/p>\n<p>The government announced on 11 January that eight soldiers were arrested over a &#8220;plan to destabilise the institutions of the republic&#8221;, a development that local media said was a coup plot.<\/p>\n<p>The internet freedom monitoring group, NetBlocks, reported significant disruptions to internet services on 11 January.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of 53 people by suspected jihadists last November heightened public outrage against the government for failing to end the insurgency. The unrest has heightened fears of a military coup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. The authorities in Burkina Faso have said they disrupted access to Facebook due to security fears. 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