Ejanla07:


Dem wan make we help dem sustain thr business.

Lai lai. Dat Bill go work.


Someone is scared of going out of business. Lol.

you ended with lol, like we are suppose to laugh right. But i dont know if its because of your use of humour **** Ejanla indeed! ****

those of u that were busy shouting "CHANJI" keep on enjoying ur CHANGE. D next thing will be to come carry una laptops n gadgets join.
CHANGE INDEED.

Height of insanity!! Nigerians should shut down the economy with non stop protests should this bill see the light of day! Arrant Nonsense!!!!!

Seun:
We need to do everything within our power to stop this bill. Please send your disapproving tweets to @bukolasaraki on Twitter to help this fight.

Seun, the best is to first approach a court of law and institute an action, but an order of interim injunction against passing a bill which will affect the right to freedom of expression should be sought, pending the determination of the substantive suit. After that, the proper suit should be instituted for the court to look into the wordings of the said bill and determine the untold hardship it will bring to common men if it is passed into law. Then the Court could grant a perpetual injunction prohibiting the house from ever passing the bill into law. Section 39 (1) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 is still very much 'alive'. Social media might not do it.

Seun:
We need to do everything within our power to stop this bill. Please send your disapproving tweets to @bukolasaraki on Twitter to help this fight.

Will be bad business for seun, linda ikeji et al if the bill goes through. .

Generally, social media wouldn't be 'fun' anymore as people will be wary of what they say...

something that GEJ gave to us on a platter of gold, and now this hypocritical govt wants to truncated.

Adisa89:

And what difference would that make?

We initially over-estimated Dr. Saraki's role in promoting and defending this bill. It turns out that the bill has many other promoters in govt.

something that GEJ gave to us on a platter of gold, and now this hypocritical govt wants to truncated.
make we no gree them o

una never see anything....

Why are you worried frnd?

There is Solution....

Solutn: All you need to do is to create new acct with fake name without pix and continue ur twitter or Facebook media chat and expression of ur feeling.

Since yahoo/ gmail/ fb / twitter and other media has not implimented 1 acct per person.

I thnk they can't control that and if at senate will want to pass it into law then how many people's the MEDIA FOUNDER WILL INVESTIGATE?

joseph1832:
Please freedom of speech doesn't translate to freedom not to mind your business!

Take a look at these bloggers and what they've been doing online, making sensational stories of people's personal lives and making money out of it, you call that freedom of speech/expression!.

To be candid, I want social media to be censored, and its users should be registered, so we will know who is saying who and why, not hide under anonymity and cause madness and call it freedom of expression.

There should be course and effect system, as a way to check and balance what people say, the courts should be made to allow people get sued when they commit slander and libel. LINDA IKEJI is number one!. And of course, when they plagiarize.

Your post is the most sensible on this thread.

ZombieNation:
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The bill is strictly for those who are heavily paid by politicians to blackmail colleague, the is no problem if you get your fact before going on media, letter of appology is being replaced with 2year jail term after false allegation.

abbey621:
Let us all reason as intelligent people here instead of panicking. There's no way they can enforce such a law in Nigeria.

They cannot enforce the law fully, but they will enforce it selectively to silence people who are saying things they don't want them to say.

Seun:
We need to do everything within our power to stop this bill. Please send your disapproving tweets to @bukolasaraki on Twitter to help this fight.

No Seun. I Don't Think We Should Tweet Any Disapproving Text To Saraki.
Don't You Think It Might Land Us Into Problem?!

baralatie:
And the APC supporters are keeping mute!

They are already owned. Their thoughts are programmed.

PresVA:
Will be bad business for s.eun, linda ikeji et al if the bill goes through. .

Generally, social media wouldn't be 'fun' anymore as people will be wary of what they say...

Shouldn't people be wary of what they say in first place?

Why will people continue to peddle lies recklessly with no fear of reproach from the authorities. Weren't you online when they said Ngige collapsed in Nigeria, while he was in a summit in south africa?

This bill is simply saying be ready to take responsibility for any news or accusation you peddle online, which in essence isn't a bad thing. At least it will bring back the fun and sanity to our cyberspace.

joseph1832:
Please freedom of speech doesn't translate to freedom not to mind your business!

Take a look at these bloggers and what they've been doing online, making sensational stories of people's personal lives and making money out of it, you call that freedom of speech/expression!.

To be candid, I want social media to be censored, and its users should be registered, so we will know who is saying who and why, not hide under anonymity and cause madness and call it freedom of expression.

There should be course and effect system, as a way to check and balance what people say, the courts should be made to allow people get sued when they commit slander and libel. LINDA IKEJI is number one!. And of course, when they plagiarize.

The Irony of this is that, If the bill gets in place, Linda Ikeji will be able to prosecute you for slandering her. and you will be in danger of being sentenced to two years in Jail.
With this bill, you won't be able to speak your mind, you'd be constantly worried about what is right and what is not.
And did you read about the inclusion of whatsapp?

this country is losing it day by day.
how did we reach here?

SleekMallam:
Such an irony the same media Apc exploited with all manner of demonic propaganda is that which they seek to block!

A thief will not want another thief to infiltrate its domain hence APC trying to sensor the media

dtruth3:
This mynd44 is really a confirmed hypocrite!

Wonders shall never end!
So you actually know what freedom of expression means, and you have been busy banning people anyhow for merely expressing their views? Smh!

Shamelessness everywhere!
Infact, for the mere reason that you (mynd44) are opposed to this Bill. I have made up my mind to support this Bill!

I must say, the senate can go ahead with this Social Media Bill. Its a wellcome development.

Yeye day smell.

My brother, Mynd44 is clever by half. He thinks we're all zombies who wouldn't look deep and decipher. Abeg tell him that dollar ti won, no more Wailers form in the open market, he should go through cbn.
Be forming DSS aftr eating Aisha's rice, you no know say awoof dey spoil belly

Teempakguy:
The Irony of this is that, If the bill gets in place, Linda Ikeji will be able to prosecute you for slandering her. and you will be in danger of being sentenced to two years in Jail.
With this bill, you won't be able to speak your mind, you'd be constantly worried about what is right and what is not.
And did you read about the inclusion of whatsapp?

Lies! Linda Ikeji can still sue whoever she likes for slandering her with or without this bill. Check the constitution.

Who said you can't speak your mind with this bill? It's a democracy for crying out loud. But when you choose to accuse anybody wrongly, be ready to bear the consequences.

Mynd44:


Source: http://techcabal.com/2016/03/07/nigerias-social-media-bill-is-back-and-its-time-to-drop-this-dangerous-legislation-once-and-for-all/

God plz can four years jst end alrdy sick nd tayad of these people

Seun:
They cannot enforce the law fully, but they will enforce it selectively to silence people who are saying things they don't want them to say.

They can only enforce it on businesses and well known individuals but social media is a powerful tool they have no control over. Companies can still expose news to the masses but they must do it through a 3rd party thereby no liability. Even in the USA with all the advanced tracking and monitoring, we still have dark groups leaking classified documents not to talk of Nigeria with no cyber intelligence

Teempakguy:
The Irony of this is that, If the bill gets in place, Linda Ikeji will be able to prosecute you for slandering her. and you will be in danger of being sentenced to two years in Jail.
With this bill, you won't be able to speak your mind, you'd be constantly worried about what is right and what is not.
And did you read about the inclusion of whatsapp?

Linda Ikeji will never be able to sue me for slander because I'm very stupid enough to know and watch what I say on social media, and besides, I don't make a living via posting people's personal lives and making money out of it.

And of course I read the part about whatsapp! Now I will tell you that I don't support this in anyway. Plain and simple.

Dahveydson:


Shouldn't people be wary of what they say in first place?

Why will people continue to peddle lies recklessly with no fear of reproach from the authorities. Weren't you online when they said Ngige collapsed in Nigeria, while he was in a summit in south africa?

This bill is simply saying be ready to take responsibility for any news or accusation you peddle online, which in essence isn't a bad thing. At least it will bring back the fun and sanity to our cyberspace.

I get your point, honestly. . The way bloggers peddle lies and abuse leaders without respect is so outrageous. ..

But then, I don't really support the bill... still want to be enjoying PDP vs APC drama on nairaland