The House of Representatives says its call for censorship on
social media is for telecommunications company to develop applications or
softwares that will pull down all pornographic materials on Nigeria’s social
media.
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A statement from the House reads
“The House has prevailed upon the telecommunications service
providers to either develop or acquire software that will block or filter-out
certain images or contents that violate both moral and religious values in
Nigeria.
Passing a resolution on a motion moved by Hon. Johnbull
Shekarau calling for the censoring of social media, he prayed the House to urge
the telecoms service providers to initiate a take-down procedure that will
enable a swift removal of any pornographic materials when notified by network
users. He advised that this could be done by dedicating a hotline that will
receive and treat complaints.
The resolution passed on the motion by the House include:
• The Nigerian Communication Commission to create significant
barriers to the misuse of mobile networks and services, phones and other
devices used for the perpetration of such immoral contents. The House, however
subscribed to the opinion of the mover of the motion that not censoring
inappropriate and illicit material like pornography, sexual and homosexual ones
on platforms such as YouTube, Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter etc is a threat to
the moral values and decency of the Nigerian society.
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