The Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD has solicited more support and investments in journalism to curb fake news.
The Centre’s Executive Director, Idayat Hassan said that this would also address propaganda and misinformation by regulating the activities of technology companies.
Idayat said this at the ongoing two-day conference on “Compacting Misinformation and Disinformation in Nigeria’’, organised by the centre in Abuja. She added that there was need for government to work with tech companies to remove such suspicious contents as being done in Germany.
The Director also advised the Federal Government to thoroughly study the ecosystem before contemplating to regulate cyberspace.
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, who served as Chairperson in one of the discussion panels, described disinformation and misinformation as a deliberate act of sending falsehood in place of genuine facts. She stressed the need to pay adequate attention to disinformation as it could undermine the development of the people and the entire country.
