Algerians celebrate return of social media after blackout


  • TECH
  • Monday, 27 Jun 2016

Social media dilemma: There are concerns about their possible negative impact of social media on the young.

ALGIERS: Algerian Internet users flocked back to social media on June 24 following several days of blackout as the government sought to prevent a repeat of leaks of high school test papers. 

A leak of the papers on social media meant 555,000 out of 800,000 high school leavers who took their final exams at the start of June had to retake them between June 19 and 23. 

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