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Nigeria has revealed its latest arsenal in its war to regulate social media. Months after it lifted its 7-month ban on Twitter, the Nigerian government has set out to regulate social media platforms with a new Code of Practice. Read more in #TCDaily.

The FG also directs these platforms to take down any unlawful content upon receiving a notice from a user, or an authorised government agency. | Pulse Nigeria

Kwara Muslim community make demands to resolve hijab-wearing by female students in public schoolsFG issues ‘Code of Practice’ to regulate ‘online

Going by its mandate as enshrined in Section 6 of the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Act 2007, which enables it to standardise, coordinate

MRA described the draft Code of Practice developed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) as a clumsy attempt to usurp the powers, functions and authority of the National Assembly.

Months after lifting its 7-month Twitter ban, the Nigeria government wants to regulate social media with NITDA's Code of Practice.

"The Code of Practice is an intervention to recalibrate the relationship of Online Platforms with Nigerians in order to maximise mutual...

Nigeria has announced plans to regulate internet companies like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram (all owned by Meta), Twitter, Google and TikTok in a draft shared by the country’s internet regulator.  This information, released by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Monday, can be viewed on its website and Twitter page.  Just six months ago, Nigeria lifted the […]

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