Facebook, TikTok shut off in Equatorial Guinea after viral corruption video

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Access to Facebook and TikTok has been blocked in Equatorial Guinea for over two weeks, according to an AFP journalist on Wednesday. The social media shutdowns followed the viral spread of a video accusing the nation's vice-president of corruption.

Equatorial Guinea is an authoritarian central African country that has been under the rule of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo since 1979.

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Facebook, TikTok shut off in Equatorial Guinea after viral corruption video

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