Mauritius suspends social media until after election amid wiretapping scandal


  • World
  • Friday, 01 Nov 2024

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Mauritius's communications regulator ordered all internet service providers to suspend access to social media platforms on Friday to Nov. 11, a day after the upcoming general election, as the country reels from a wiretapping scandal.

Some 20 conversations involving politicians, police, lawyers, journalists and members of civil society have been leaked on social media since mid-October, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders says.

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