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.
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority said the temporary social media ban was in response to “illegal postings”.
The Prime Minister’s office said the restriction was necessary to preserve the national security and integrity of the country, following the publication of “certain” audio clips.
“A crisis committee is currently meeting to contain the existing risks as soon as possible,” the office of Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth said in a statement.
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