Solomon Islands backs down on plans to ban Facebook

The Solomon Islands Government has reversed its plan for a national ban on Facebook.

Communications Minister Peter Shanel Agovaka told local media that the Government does not want to be seen as dictating people’s lives.

Last year, Solomon Islands announced its intention to temporarily block the world’s largest social media network while it worked out a way to stamp out cyberbullying and online abuse.

Regina Lepping, a young entrepreneur from capital city Honiara, said the…