Federal Government plans on regulating Social Media.

In a bid to inject sanity into social media as they say it is currently out of control, the Federal Government has plans of regulating social media. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. He said the intention of the government was to restore sanity to the nation’s airwave

Mohammed said no responsible government would sit back and allow such activities capable of setting the country on fire to continue unchecked.

The minister also said no amount of attacks or criticism would stop the government from implementing the tougher sanctions for broadcast stations who breach the nation’s broadcast code especially as it concerns the dissemination of fake news as well as inciteful and divisive comments which were approved by President Muhammadu Buhari recently.

He assured stakeholders that responsible journalists have nothing to fear as the government’s intention is not to gag the media.