Fake news, hate speech: Self-regulate or self-destruct, Lai Muhammed cautions Media

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Nigerians and the Media have been called upon to desist from spreading fake news and hate speech and avoid reports that could be termed defamatory to an individual or the country.

Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call at the annual lecture, themed “Fake News, Hate Speech and the 2019 General Election: The Role of the Nigerian Media’’, hosted by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Abuja.

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“Fake news, hate speech is a global phenomenon; it’s not just a Nigerian phenomenon.

“However, it becomes more important to tackle fake news and hate speech in Nigeria because of the natural fault-lines.

“Nigeria is a multi-ethic, multi-religious and multi-cultural nation and it is very easy to explore these fault-lines to breach it and spread fake…



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