26/09/2026
President John Dramani Mahama has responded to growing criticism of his government over the arrest of persons who use social media, particularly TikTok, to insult persons in authority.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 25, President Mahama said while he personally is not bothered by insults, Ghana as a country must collectively decide how to regulate new media without trampling on free expression.
“There’s a new media called TikTok and it’s not only Ghana where people are wondering what to do to regulate TikTok because in all countries all over the world they are wondering what to do to make sure that we have information integrity even with TikTok,” President Mahama said.
He decried the nature of the platform where anyone with a phone can publish anything and the algorithm amplifies it.