The Federal Government again stirred up a hornets’ nest last week when it said it would start monitoring the social media accounts of prominent Nigerians. This is a move that lawyers and Information Technology experts have described as anti-democratic and anti-social, writes JESUSEGUN ALAGBE
Last Thursday, the Federal Government came up with a directive, asking security agencies to commence monitoring the social media accounts of “notable” Nigerians, the reason being to curb the propagation of hate speech.
The Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), had given the instruction at a National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“Relevant security agencies should as a matter of urgency tackle the propagation of hate speech through the social media, particularly by some notable Nigerians,” the…
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