djdutchbrah:

The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill for an Act to make provisions for the protection from internet falsehood and manipulations and related matters, for a second reading.

It is opularly known as anti-Social media bill, sponsored by the Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Sani Musa.

Only Senator Chimaroke Nnamani , a former governor of Enugu State, spoke against the bill while Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah raised a constitutional point of order to caution the red chamber against its passage.

However, Senators Ibrahim Gobir, Elisha Abbo, and Abba Moro supported the bill in their various contributions during the debate that lasted about 10 minutes.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan , put the passage of the bill for a second reading to a voice vote after confirming that no senator was ready to speak against it.

The majority of the lawmakers in the chamber unanimously voted in support of the bill and it was read the second time.
https://punchng.com/breaking-social-media-bill-scales-second-reading-in-senate/

NuraSambo:
Did I just read that Senator Abba Moro also spoke in support of the bill? Is this not the same Abba Moro of the infamous immigration recruitment scam that led to the injury and death of job seekers? A man that ought to be serving a long jail sentence for fraud, abuse of public office, negligence of duty and culpable homicide, is among those making laws to gag Nigerians

maestroferddi:
Abaribe vehemently rubbished the bill in an appearance on Channels TV recently.

I am not sure he attended this particular session.

From what he said in the interview, they are waiting till the bill progresses to the serious stages before it will be thrown to the dustbin where it belongs.

SalamRushdie:
Everything Buhari wants will be passed by this rubber stamp house !!!! Anything they dont pass simply means Buhari doesn't want it

sombrady:
maybe after signing the bill,there will be no freedom of speech again,anyone who say against this baba government or Apc might be hanged.my question is that will it favour Nigerians?

Oshigun:


You are not prevented from criticising the government as that falls under freedom of speech which is fundamental. You should not be able to go unpunished saying you know for a fact PMB is marrying his Minister on Friday when such is fake and entirely fabricated news likely to cause distress to President Buhari and the Minister involved.

If the bill becomes law then people will think twice before putting their names to such obviously false submissions that cause real harm to others. No one will be looking for you if you claim you feel the Senate is a rubber stamp of the executive. They are not seeking to police the opinions of Nigerians. The bill is about regulating fake news some deliberately pass as the truth. Claiming Buhari died in the UK is fake news and whoever went public with that should be made to prove it or face consequences.

Triniti:
By the year 2023,when buhari is done with y’all. It will be like 1999 all over again.

Stoberm12:
Social media falsehood definitely will lead us the way of Rwandan history if not properly checked. Senator Musa has done a great job bringing this bill and i commend the floor of the senate for making the bill scale it's second reading. Nigeria ain't the first country to pass such bill into law

Judeakpan126:
Nigerians let's be joyous and commend senator Moh'd Sani Musa for this bill.
The bill doesn't seem to be harsh when compared to that of the hate speech bill which had sorted for death penalty by hanging.
Rather this anti social media falsehood bill say a maximum of N300,000 for individuals and N10,000,000 for cooperate organizations or even a jail term of 3yrs. I support the bill because of the sanity it will bring into the social media space of Nigeria

engrchykae:
This buhari intends to clip the media power of the southwest in particular and Nigeria in general.
People like me weren't surprised that buhari is behaving like this but psychophants told us that he is a reformed dictator.
Thank God sowore is reaping his reward

Judeakpan126:
The falsehood of social media in the polity of our country cannot be over emphasized. Nigeria is gradually turning into a divided state because of the falsehood of information been spread across all platforms of social media. This bill will curtail the content of information been sent across media handles else you face jail term or pay fines just as the court may deem fit.

candidtalk:


So, because your own mindset predisposes you to focusing on individuals only, you think Buhari , head of the executive arm, called Senators , members of the separate legislative arm, and ordered them to do this? Do you not think many Nigerians may have lobbied their senators about the proliferation of fake news on social media that is now a threat to the integrity and moral fibre of society?

If you put your name to a lie then why should social media protect you? After all you cannot get away with libel using printed media like newspapers so why should social media continue in the dark ages?