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August 29, 2019
The Centre for Democracy andDevelopment, CDD has solicited more support and investments in journalism tocurb fake news.
The Centre’s Executive Director,Idayat Hassan said that this would also address propaganda and misinformationby regulating the activities of technology companies.
Idayat said this at the ongoingtwo-day conference on “Compacting Misinformation and Disinformation inNigeria’’, organised by the centre in Abuja. She added that there was need forgovernment to work with tech companies to remove such suspicious contents asbeing done in Germany.
The Director also advised theFederal Government to thoroughly study the ecosystem before contemplating toregulate cyberspace.
Former Minister of Education, ObyEzekwesili, who served as Chairperson in one of the  discussion panels, described disinformationand misinformation as a deliberate act of sending falsehood in place of genuinefacts. She stressed the  need to pay  adequate attention to disinformation as itcould undermine the development of the people and the entire  country.