The last time Jacob Zuma went to jail, Twitter was moderated. This time, not so much. | Businessinsider

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South Africa is now part of a natural experiment: what happens in a politically fraught situation when nobody is at home at Twitter?

Business Insider SAThe Jabulani Mall in Soweto, on 13 July 2021, after rioting triggered by the imprisonment of Jacob Zuma spread from KwaZulu-Natal to Gauteng.

On Monday, President Jacob Zuma's medical parole was declared unlawful. The last time he was jailed, Twitter was implicated in subsequent rioting. In recent weeks, new owner Elon Musk has stripped Twitter of the moderators – and likely the law-enforcement liaisons – who got involved last time around. In mid-2021, former President Jacob Zuma went to jail, and deadly riots spread through parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. – though possibly only after he appeals to the Constitutional Court, and with the possibility that his sentence may still be judged spent.

 

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