An influential Ethiopian political activist has had his Facebook account temporarily blocked over what could best be described as hyperactivity. Come on facebook, how could you ‘jail’ my account on the day even an Ethiopian dictatorship is forced to release political prisoners? We have long passed that threshold where social movements heavily rely on social media. “We call upon Facebook to immediately unblock the Facebook account of Jawar Mohammed, the Executive Director of Oromia Media Network and a prominent Ethiopian political activist with over 1.2 million followers. It’s unbelievable and totally unfair Facebook blocked him for using the platform to bring about meaningful change to his country and people.

Source: Ethiopian News February 15, 2018 05:26 UTC