No going back on social media regulation - Lai Mohammed vows


The Federal Government says it will not rescind its decision to regulate social media.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this on Thursday during a courtesy call on him by the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers in Abuja.



Mohammed said..
“Let me say, straight on, that the intense debate that has been generated by our announcement is a welcome development.
“The fear of stifling free speech or muzzling the media is totally unfounded. We have no such plan. As we speak, people are on the social media criticizing the administration. We have no problem with that.

“But our concern has to do with the abuse of the social media by those who are bent on spreading fake news and hate speech, and the dangers inherent in that for our national peace and unity. No responsible government will sit by and allow fake news and hate speech to dominate its media space because of the capacity of this menace to exploit our national fault lines to set us against each other and trigger a national conflagration.”
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  1. Mr liar Mohammed,then we have to take you back to your years before your party came to power and ensure we prosecute you,the law must cater from then or else we will ensure your party sinks.what a liar you're

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  2. I wonder what this old barbarians are taking us for.. What a foolish liar he is. Old maggots

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