I will never be party to social media censorship as I am an advocate of free speech, but I am sure that most people will agree that some form of regulation might be welcome as the rate of abuse of that right of free speech is daily worsening. A society without rules collapses upon itself and social media is a particularly sensitive or insensitive society depending on where one stands.

For example, people have now made it into an art form to attempt to grow their followership by outrightly being obnoxious, insultive, and playing to the gallery, feeding off the need of certain persons to dislike leaders rom other tribes or religion as is obtainable in Nigeria, all while believing that they are safe behind their monikers and outlandish usernames.

So when the news broke that Ayokunle Odekunle who had on Saturday gotten a buzz out of wishing the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo dead on the 13th of February which he ten followed with another derogatory swipe at the President and his Vice again yesterday 15th, on his twitter handle @oddy4real, had been suspended by his Canadian law firm in faraway North America, one wonders how far the long arm of the reaches to ensure justice.

It is common to read comments like “we are here for the violence”, “The streets of twitter is for the savage at heart”, “we takes no prisoners” etc, but as we have recently seen, the app themselves are taking a stronger look into the issues of cyberbullying, Fake News propaganda, inciting the populace etc, the most high profile case being Donald Trump who had his personal account deactivated.

In conclusion, A smart man knows what to say, a smart man knows when and where to say it. It is often said that the internet never forgets and when the time comes receipts shall be made available. Only recently, we also learnt about the lady that lost a lucrative academic scholarship to a prestigious university in Australia due to a high-handed castigation of the country’s laws in a tweet she had made four years prior.

It is just so unfortunate.

Others especially those who always yab the government from abroad. Social media is good in fact, better but one must take caution. You may get away with spewing nonesense while you are in Nigeria but once you are outside the country (Europe USA etc) you will be help accountable for your post, in eputable organisations.

Yes definitely there is a freedom of speech but one should caution himself from fake news peddling

TheRareGem1:
It is just so unfortunate.

Others especially those who always yab the government from abroad. Social media is good in fact, better but one must take caution. You may get away with spewing nonesense while you are in Nigeria but once you are outside the country (Europe USA etc) you will be help accountable for your post, in eputable organisations.

Keep quiet and leave this thread!

You're one of the souls abusing social media

okefranci:
Yes definitely there is a freedom of speech but one should caution himself from fake news peddling

But, you always applaud Lai Mohammed when he's dishing his fake news

Kriss216:

Keep quiet and leave this thread!

You're one of the souls abusing social media

Why not come and use daga instead


A word is enough for the wise.