# Social-media and messaging services are restricted during opposition protests

Date: 2023

Access to major social-media, messaging and news services was disrupted as opposition groups called protests against the CNRD's handling of the transition, beginning a pattern of digital restrictions documented through 2023 and early 2024.

## Drivers

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

## Sources

- https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFR2979532024ENGLISH.pdf
- https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns/?country_code=GN

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/guinea-social-media-restrictions-2023-05-17