The Senate has fixed March 9, 2020 for a public hearing on the bill to regulate social media usage in Nigeria.
The bill titled ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019’, was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Musa.
Chairman of Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele, announced the date on Wednesday.
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As part of the public hearing, stakeholders and interested members are requested to submit 20 hard copies and a soft copy of their memoranda to the committee’s secretariat before March 6.
The bill, since its introduction, has been condemned by a large majority of Nigerians as an attempt to curtail freedom of expression in the country.
