# Social platforms are blocked and independent radio stations jammed

Date: 2023

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, X, YouTube and other communications services became inaccessible without circumvention tools while independent radio broadcasters reported signal jamming. Internet Society monitoring showed the service blocking persisted into February 2024.

## Drivers

- Doumbouya junta transition: https://factrail.ai/drivers/doumbouya-junta-transition

## Sources

- https://cpj.org/2023/12/guinean-radio-and-tv-broadcasters-and-social-media-sites-blocked/
- https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns/content-blocking-in-guinea-24-november-2023/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/guinea-social-media-radio-blocking-2023-11-24