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#SocialMediaBill: Police Clash With Protesters, Seize Journalist's Camera Armed policemen drafted to the main gate of the National Assembly in Abuja have clashed with the journalists covering the #SayNoToSocialMediaBill protest and seized their cameras. Trouble started when some protesters arrived at the venue with #FreeSowore #FreeBakare placards. The police on sighting the group, prevented them from advancing further and joining the other group led by Deji Adeyanju. The police in the process swooped on the cameraman of ROOT TV, who was filming the harassment and altercation. The police descended on the journalist and confiscated his camera. The situation brought the protest to a halt as journalists demanded the release of the camera from the police. The journalists thereafter mobilised and threatened a showdown with the police over the continued harassment of their members during a civil protest. It was at this point the police released the camera to the journalist before the protest proceeded. The police were drafted to the complex to forestall any possible breakdown of law and order during the protest. The protesters are demanding the rejection of Hate Speech bill and anti-social media bill currently before the National Assembly. The protesters noted that the bills were an affront on the right to freedom of speech. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5XjIS3gr6J/?igshid=1m7el3w7t41ui

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Senator gives reason for Social Media bill

The sponsor of the controversial social media bill before the National Assembly, Sen. Mohammed Musa (APC- Niger) said the bill when passed into law will protect human dignity among many other benefits. The Senate had on Nov 5, re-introduced the ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill 2019’, to regulate the use of social media in the country. The bill according to the National Assembly, was aimed at curbing fake news on the internet and to guide social media users. “The social media bill comes with enormous gains such as a free internet that guarantees national security; protects minors from abusive forms of marketing, violence, and pornography. “The bill, when assented to, will protect human dignity from incitement to racial hatred or racial discrimination. ”It will provide economic security and curb fraud, as well as provide instructions on pirating credit cards. “It will also provide security, protect privacy from unauthorised communication of personal data, electronic harassment; protection of reputation and intellectual property as propounded by the European Union Paper on illegal and harmful content on the internet,” he said. The lawmaker said that although, Nigerians might be afraid that the law could be manipulated by politicians and government officials, it was not enough to negate the overall gains of the regulation. He urged Nigerians to support the voyage, reiterating that it would guarantee sanity, protect rights and sensitivities on the internet. He, however, faulted claim that the bill which had similarities with a Singaporean Statue subject was plagiarised. According to him, it is preposterous that this is said to be an instance of plagiarism. The lawmaker said that legislations across the globe are public documents and national legislatures do not claim right over them, as to form the basis for a claim for plagiarism over their effectiveness. He said that the problems and challenges of regulating internet activities cuts across jurisdictions and was therefore inevitable that lessons should be drawn from other jurisdictions in fashioning out workable solutions in Nigeria. He urged the general public not to heed to the immature attempt by uninformed mischief makers who were trying to distort the progress of the bill. Musa said the law when enacted, would become a universal template that could be adopted and domesticated to fit peculiarities. “Beyond the public speaking, the internet space in Nigeria has become corrosive. Information whether true or false spreads like wildfire. “We may have the capacity to regulate the internet space but it is extremely difficult to regulate the effect of hate speech distributed through online platforms. “We need a more standardised approach and this is the crux of the move to sanitise the corrosive internet space in Nigeria,” he said. Read the full article

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BIG JOKE!!! #SocialMediaBill to Stop Freedom of Expression [+MORE]

BIG JOKE!!! #SocialMediaBill to Stop Freedom of Expression [+MORE]

BIG JOKE!!! #SocialMediaBill to Stop Freedom of Expression [+MORE] From Linda Ikeji“The same social media they used in coming into power is what they want to gag now! I remember how they came after GEJ and his government using Twitter activists, now ‘everyone must be accountable for what they publish?’ What a bunch of jokers! This bill, if passed into law, will basically stop most people…

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