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Unannounced to the public, Nairaland site was shut down on the 18th of
December, 2023 by the site host. The founder of the micro-blogging site, Nairaland.com, Seun Osewa, said the site is experiencing a downtime after it was "taken down" by the host of its server. Users of the site on Monday night,
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Nairaland has faced criticism for hosting content and fostering communities promoting ethnic bigotry. Although the platform has implemented policies against hate speech and discrimination, concerns remain about the prevalence of ethnic slurs, stereotypes, and inflammatory rhetoric targeting various
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attempt, Nairaland went offline briefly. The hackers were able to gain access to, and wipe the contents of, the website's host server and backup. Three days later, it was back online after some data had been recovered from a remote backup. However, user posts and registration between
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A check on the platform showed several error messages indicating a problem with the server, a situation Osewa acknowledged was punishment for overlooking an earlier sent abuse report.
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Osewa posted, "Nairaland’s server was taken down because I overlooked an abuse report that was originally sent on the 14th. After the takedown, I removed the offensive content"
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