The Federal Government says from the 10 demands put forward
to lift Twitter suspension, the microblogging and social networking platform
has acceded to seven.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed
disclosed this during an interview with newsmen in Washington, NAN reports.
The minister also noted that there is an end in sight of an
amicable settlement of the ban.
“We believe that even the other three outstanding demands
are not really about whether they agreed or not but about timing and
scheduling.
“That is what gave me the confidence that we are getting
nearer to an agreement,’’ he said.
The minister said, among the demands made from twitter was
for the platform to register as a Nigerian company, pay taxes from revenue made
from the country and ensure that harmful content are regulated.
“As recently as last week, we exchange correspondence with
Twitter, and when I left home a few days ago, we are expecting a reply from
them.
“It is rather, more left with Twitter to respond to grey
areas that we asked them to look into.
“We are not inflexible in our negotiation with Twitter
because we recognise both the positive and negative aspects of social media,’’
he added.
He, however, said the Twitter ban had been very effective in
the country because they see less harmful and injurious content on social
media, adding that they had been more conscious and alert to injurious content
likely to threaten national security.
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