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Nigeria to extend Twitter’s operational conditions to other social media platforms

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said the Buhari-led administration will amend relevant statutes and codes that will see the operational conditions of Twitter in Nigeria enforced on other social media platforms.

Lai Mohammed said this during a meeting in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart, Amir Talaat.

“Whatever applies to Twitter will apply to all other social media platforms, be it WhatsApp, Facebook, or any other.”

Earlier this year, the presidency had stated that “Twitter has agreed to enrol Nigeria in its Partner Support and Law Enforcement Portals. The Partner Support Portal provides a direct channel for government officials and Twitter staff to manage prohibited content that violates Twitter community rules.”

Adding that: “At the same time, the Law Enforcement Portal provides a channel for the law enforcement agencies to submit a report with a legal justification where it suspects that content violates Nigerian Laws. Taken together, these represent a comprehensive compliance apparatus.”

While speaking with Talaat, Mohammed said the National Broadcasting Act and Broadcasting Code in Nigeria are being amended to ensure all online platforms operating in the country comply with stipulated conditions.

He explained the decision was a result of the recent suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria as well as an agreement reached before the suspension was lifted.

The Nigerian Minister insisted that Twitter was suspended because it had become a platform for those who wanted to destabilise the country, create disunity and heat up the polity.

Talaat said Egypt is also experiencing the same challenges in the area of dissemination of policies and programmes of the government stating he recently was a victim of a fake news report which was devastating to him.

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