The bill seeking to regulate the social media has been
widely opposed at the senate public hearing regarding its consideration.
At the hearing held in Abuja on Monday, 80 percent of the
speakers opposed protection from internet falsehoods and manipulation bill,
asking the lawmakers to dispose it off.
Only three of the 25 agencies and groups who spoke were in
favour of the bill, while two said they had no definite position on the matter.
Among those who threw their weight behind the piece of
legislation are the Nigerian army and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs.
Most of those who spoke against the bill argued it is a ploy
to clamp down on free speech, and that it is also against the tenets of the
1999 constitutional and international treaties adopted by Nigeria.
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