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PRESS FREEDOM | FG Activates Plan To Control Activities Of Online Media by SignalNG1(m): 6:53pm On Nov 23, 2015 |
Plans to create an umbrella association that will regulate bloggers and online news platforms are being put in place by the Nigerian government, SIGNAL can report. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a meeting on Monday with selected bloggers and publishers of online news platforms in Lagos set the tone for the emergence of the new platform which sources familiar with the plan disclosed to SIGNAL will help the Federal Government regulate and censor the activities of online news media. Speaking to SIGNAL on Monday, an informed source who did not want to be named disclosed that the idea is to create an impression that the Nigerian social media needs to self-regulate but the real agenda is to create an umbrella body that the government will use as a tool to muzzle the freedom enjoyed by online news platforms. “This plan has been in the works and today’s meeting by the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed is a first step by the Buhari government to create a body that will censor online media. They claim it is self-regulation but it is a scam and a subtle agenda to create a platform that they will be controlling and using to set narratives for the Buhari government. If online publishers need a platform to protect their interests from government harassment and intimidation, is it not curious that the government is the one suggesting it? It’s like going to battle and your opponent is the one suggesting the kind of bullet proof you need to wear”, the source elaborated. Read more: http://www.signalng.com/press-freedom-fg-activates-plan-to-control-activities-of-online-media/ |
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