Rights group Amnesty calls on Ethiopia to end social media blackout

Ethiopian men read newspapers during the October 2016 internet shutdown. AP - Mulugeta Ayene

Amnesty International has called on the Ethiopian authorities to restore access to social media networks including Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, as a blockade of some internet platforms enters its second month.

"Ethiopian authorities have, for a month now, blocked people in the country from accessing selected social media platforms such as Facebook, Telegram, Tik Tok and YouTube," said Amnesty in a statement on Thursday.