A plea from a Facebook and Twitter refusenik

A plea from a Facebook and Twitter refusenik
Citizens shouldn't be forced to use Facebook for official information. (Image: Depositphotos)
Jenny Ruth
The government effectively closed the borders again last week via a tweet late afternoon on Tuesday.Apparently, there was a problem with the wording, so the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) deleted it, but not before somebody had taken a screenshot.It replaced it with another reworded tweet later in the evening – the timestamp showed 9:01pm on the version I saw – explaining the suspension of MIQ was "due to the unprecedented number of omicron cases coming into New Zealand and MIQ".Too bad if you'r...

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