{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_b7hucvkxgat5h4lydlyq","title":"Alleged TikTok disruption: CSOs demand probe as users in northern Nigeria turn to VPNs","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/alleged-tiktok-disruption-csos-demand-probe-as-users-in-northern-b7hucvkxga","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_jhgefknbylk7mdejcmaa","seq":1483774,"kind":"article","title":"CSOs raise concern over unexplained TikTok disruption in northern Nigeria","url":"https://blueprint.ng/csos-raise-concern-over-unexplained-tiktok-disruption-in-northern-nigeria","published":"2026-10-03T03:36:00Z","seen":"2026-10-03T05:54:21Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"blueprint.ng","name":"blueprint.ng","domain":"blueprint.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q4930412","name":"Blueprint Newspaper","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","education","politics","science"],"authors":["JOHN SHIAONDO"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1033","name":"Nigeria","type":"place"}],"story":"st_b7hucvkxgat5h4lydlyq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.18000000715255737,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5899999737739563,"political":0.3100000023841858},{"id":"n_b7hucvkxgat5h4lydlyq","seq":1376431,"kind":"article","title":"Alleged TikTok disruption: CSOs demand probe as users in northern Nigeria turn to VPNs","url":"https://www.icirnigeria.org/alleged-tiktok-disruption-csos-demand-probe-as-users-in-northern-nigeria-turn-to-vpns","summary":"A COALITION of civil society organisations working on digital rights, freedom of expression and access to information has called for an urgent investigation into reported disruptions to TikTok access in parts of northern Nigeria. The coalition, in a statement on Friday, October 2, 2026, said users in Kaduna, Kebbi, Kano and Sokoto had experienced difficulties […] The post Alleged TikTok disruption: CSOs demand probe as users in northern Nigeria turn to VPNs appeared first on…","published":"2026-10-02T13:20:21Z","seen":"2026-10-02T15:33:22Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-icirnigeria-org-e4b6ad","name":"icirnigeria.org","domain":"icirnigeria.org"},"via":"kite-icirnigeria-org-e4b6ad","topics":["science and tech","billboard article","coalition","ncc","nitda","onsa","tiktok"],"authors":["Mustapha USMAN"],"entities":[{"id":"Q48938223","name":"TikTok","type":"org"},{"id":"Q1033","name":"Nigeria","type":"place"}],"story":"st_b7hucvkxgat5h4lydlyq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.4300000071525574,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.800000011920929,"political":0.49000000953674316}]}