# #KeepItOn: authorities must reverse social media shutdown order and restore access in Gabon

- Type: News
- Source: Access Now
- Date: 2026-02-20
- Original: https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-social-media-restore-access-in-gabon/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52764
- Topics: Social Media, Public Authority, Public Sector

## Summary

We urgently demand the government of Gabon to immediately reverse orders to shut down social media indefinitely in the country. The order is in gross violation of national and international human rights frameworks and must not be allowed to continue.

## Full text

We urgently demand the government of Gabon to immediately reverse orders to shut down social media indefinitely in the country. The order is in gross violation of national and international human rights frameworks and must not be allowed to continue.

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