Social Media Bill

ICFJ, ICIR organise webinar on social media regulation Sept 29

THE International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ), in collaboration with The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), is organising a...

‘An attempt to gag the media’: Journalists on Nigeria’s proposed social media bill

Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Senior Africa Researcher AT a public hearing on Nigeria’s social media bill held in Abuja last month, the...

Social Media Bill threatens freedom of expression in Nigeria —Amnesty International

GLOBAL advocacy group, Amnesty International (AI), has termed the Protection from Internet Falsehoods, Manipulations and Other Related Matters Bill,...
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PDP kicks against Social Media Bill, says it’s out to suppress and silence Nigerians

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has spoken against the Protection from Internet Falsehoods, Manipulations and Other Related Matters Bill,...

Policing voices in present-day Nigeria

  Osai OJIGHO  In recent times, Nigeria is battling with an information crisis where disinformation, misinformation and dangerous speech contribute to...

Deal with insecurity, stop trying to control social media – Rights group tackles FG

THE Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non-profit organisation promoting freedom of expression, has tasked the federal government to focus...
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FACT CHECK: No social media bill before NASS and three other recent lies from Lai Mohammed

NIGERIA's information and culture minister Lai Mohammed, during a recent visit to London, was featured by Deutsche Welle (DW)...

FG’s motive behind Social Media Bill is to silence critical voices—CDD

THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has criticized the proposed Social Media Bill which despite public outcry has...

SERAP condemns social media bill, says it’s illegal

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Thursday described the anti-social media bill as 'illegal' geared at increasing...
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Reactions trail Singapore’s controversial social media law copied by Nigerian lawmaker

ON TUESDAY, November 5, a bill to regulate the social media was introduced to the Nigerian Senate and the...

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