(Reuters) – DAKAR – Senegal has stopped access to the social media app TikTok until further notice, according to the communications minister on Wednesday, just days after banning mobile internet use in response to opposition rallies.

“The minister… informs the public that it has been observed that the TikTok application is the social network preferred by people with bad intentions to spread hateful and subversive messages threatening the country’s stability,” the ministry said in a statement.

The West African country has similarly limited internet access since Monday, citing a same reason.

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