Should social media be regulated?
Recorded during the Social Media Week event in Lagos, Nigeria
Recorded during the Social Media Week event in Lagos, the programme picks up an issue that is current to the concerns of many Africans who have used social media for political mobilisation and to monitor public officials.
More recently, Nigerians have been reacting angrily to a draft bill proposed in the country鈥檚 Senate which aims to punish anyone who 鈥減ropagates false information鈥. The bill鈥檚 opponents say it will censor free speech on social media where public corruption is exposed.
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