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Adaobi Trisha Nwaubani
The history of our country is full of episodes in which authoritarian governments have strangled freedom of speech, with terrible consequences for all those who fall outside the bounds of what is permissible.
Adaobi Trisha Nwaubani Journalist
Nigerians have every reason to worry about any attempt to control what people say.
The history of our country is full of episodes in which authoritarian governments have stifled freedom of speech, with terrible consequences for those who have crossed the border.
During the period of military rule, which lasted from 1983 to 1999, critics of the government were regularly arrested or intimidated. Politics was discussed in gruesome whispers.
In 1984, the board decided to close down all newspapers, radio and television stations whose activities were considered detrimental to the government.
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President Mohammed Bukhari’s inscription was once a military leader of the country, and some fear his authoritarian past.
Mohammed Bukhari, at that time 42 years old and a general, was a military leader at that time.
Today, the Septuagenarian is the elected president of the country, and some Nigerians fear his old-fashioned way of breaking the façade of a converted Democrat.
Nigeria is diverse and unstable
However, there are strong arguments against the negative impact of social media in Nigeria.
Questionable laws and decrees may not be the solution, but it must be acknowledged that the problem has not been solved.
Ethnic rivalries, religious intolerance and other forms of aggression are fuelled by misinformation in social networks.
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A country as diverse and vulnerable as Nigeria can certainly do without hatred and sedition.
Some fake messages from social networks have been transmitted to mainstream media without verification, making it even more difficult to pay for them.
Although fake news is a problem facing almost every country in the world, the situation is particularly dangerous in Nigeria, where most young people are completely and exclusively dependent on social media for news, and older people are dependent on messaging applications such as WhatsApp.
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A recent study of the legend in 85 countries showed that Nigeria is the country with the least access to the Internet.
In a country where, according to the African Development Bank, more than 152 million of the 200 million people live on less than $2 (£1.50) a day, few people can afford to have different sources of information.
Buying newspapers, magazines or books is a luxury. Outside the big cities like Abuja and Lagos there are almost no libraries.
According to the Digital Quality of Life Index, published this year by Surfshark Press, Nigeria has the cheapest Internet in the world.
So the average citizen can invest in data for Twitter or Facebook and WhatsApp, but he doesn’t have enough money for online newspapers or to check if what he has seen on social networks is correct.
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We’re on a time bomb in this fake edition…
Lai Mohammed
Minister for Information of Nigeria
During the #EndSars campaign the misrepresentation went around the world and ensured that people stayed on the streets as long as possible, because the UN is only obliged to intervene if the demonstrations last a month.
The photograph of a man with a body wrapped in a bloody Nigerian flag, allegedly taken on the night of the Lecky Tollgate shooting, has also turned viral. It was in fact a theatre production for the anniversary of Nigeria’s independence.
These young people don’t even watch television, listen to the radio or read newspapers, the information minister said when he complained about the anti-social media law at a press conference.
We’re on a time bomb in this fake newsreel.
But the Nigerians are determined to make it to the end. Activation has already started – in social networks, with the hashtag trend #SayNoToSocialMediaBill.
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