The federal government is in a
move to set up a council whose duty will be to regulate the use of social media
in Nigeria.
The recommendation was made by
the National Council on Information, NCI, which suggests, “setting up of a
council to regulate the use of social media in Nigeria.”
The recommendation was part of a
communiqué issued at the end of Extraordinary Meeting of NCI on Hate Speeches,
Fake News and National Unity held in Jos, Plateau state.
The Council, presided over by the
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, recommended the use of
stringent measures in checking conventional media and their programmes.
The Council noted that there was
no way vetting and editing posts on Social media could be possible since it has
no address.
The Council also suggested that
information managers at the state level should open a website that would
immediately counter report of any misinformation posted on social media.
It further recommended the
killing of whatever is assumed or presumed to be hate speeches or fake news or
misinformation by the information managers in various states on social media.
NCI said social media might take
over the 2019 elections because Nigerians have come to rely on whatever they
find on social media than on conventional media.
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