The micro site Twitter messages was suspended in Cameroon, the company said in a message published Tuesday, March 8. "The SMS service Twitter on MTN Cameroon has been suspended by the Cameroonian government," says the company. Earlier, the mobile operator also announced the suspension of its service, which, since the end of November, receive free "tweets" on a cell phone, and send the price SMS.
GROWING CHALLENGE This blockage comes as opposition groups have launched since the end of February, calls to demonstrate against President Paul Biya, president since almost 30 years and candidate for reelection. "At the Department of Communications, no official version on the issue, however, the votes allowed under cover of anonymity actually believe that this technology allows a large number of subscribers with rapid access to information likely to lead people to disturb public order, "the Journal of the Cameroon.
But the blogger Dibussi Tande "true 'threat' to potential national security (ie, tell the Biya regime) is the combination of the SMS standard and smartphones, not a service (Twitter) used by only a handful of people. " 
GROWING CHALLENGE This blockage comes as opposition groups have launched since the end of February, calls to demonstrate against President Paul Biya, president since almost 30 years and candidate for reelection. "At the Department of Communications, no official version on the issue, however, the votes allowed under cover of anonymity actually believe that this technology allows a large number of subscribers with rapid access to information likely to lead people to disturb public order, "the Journal of the Cameroon.
But the blogger Dibussi Tande "true 'threat' to potential national security (ie, tell the Biya regime) is the combination of the SMS standard and smartphones, not a service (Twitter) used by only a handful of people. "
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