SERAP threaten to sue the National Assembly and Northern Governors over social media bill

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has warned the National Assembly and the Northern Governors’ Forum to decease from its proposed social media bill or face the wrath of the law.

SERAP stated clearly in a tweet on Tuesday that Nigerians have the right to freedom of expression on social media and that they won’t accept any illegal attempt to interfere with that right.

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“We’ll sue the Northern Governors’ Forum and @nassnigeria if any Social Media bill is passed and signed by President Buhari. Nigerians have a right to freedom of expression online.

“We won’t accept any illegal attempts to interfere with that right #NoToSocialMediaBill,” the human rights group tweeted.

BREAKING: We’ll sue the Northern Governors’ Forum and @nassnigeria
if any Social Media bill is passed and signed by President Buhari.

Nigerians have a right to freedom of expression online.

We won’t accept any illegal attempts to interfere with that right#NoToSocialMediaBill

— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) November 3, 2020

Recall that the Northern governor’s had gathered for a meeting with northern traditional and political leaders on Monday November 2.

They called for the censorship and control of social media as a means of curbing the spread of fake news.

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