EU latest regulation of Facebook, Twitter provides template for Nigerian regulators to follow
Facebook, Twitter, and 17 other big tech companies have been placed under stricter regulation by the European Union.
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Facebook, Twitter, and 17 other big tech companies have been placed under stricter regulation by the European Union.
In a bid to ensure that sanity is maintained in Nigeria’s internet circuit, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in June 2022 unveiled a Code of Practice for Online Platforms to checkmate the eruption of crisis in the nation’s ICT sector. The code was developed in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the Nigerian Communications […]
In less than six months, Dr Isa Pantami should be out of office as minister of communications and digital economy. Many who have suffered from his overbearing ways would heave a sigh of relief with his exit. Since his emergence over three years ago as a minister, the 43-year-old computer graduate, some say, has had a spiritual influence over President Muhammadu Buhari and many others in government. As a Sheikh, he has held the ICT industry captive.
Nigeria's information regulatory agency, NITDA, has approved its latest Code of Practice. The Code requires all online platforms with more than 100,000 users to get licensed, pay tax, and delete prohibited content within 24 hours. More in #TCDaily.
FG and Google are collaborating to curb the excesses of subversive YouTube channels which are used to spread hate and disinformation