Nigeria To Work With Freedom Online Coalition To Fight Fake News – Lai Mohammed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2020
The Federal Government haspledged its readiness to work with the group, ‘Freedom Online Coalition’, FOCin the fight against disinformation, fake news, hate speech and the developmentof its information technology hub.
The Minister of Informationand Culture, Lai Mohammed made the pledge when the Finland Ambassador toNigeria, Jyrki Pulkkinen and the Ambassador of Innovation, Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Finland, Tarmi Sarena paid him a visit.
The Coalition is a group ofthirty-one countries, with three Africa: Kenya, Ghana, Tunisia, that worktogether to advance internet freedom, mainly through shaping global norms,which was launched at a conference of the Dutch Government in The Hague,Netherlands in December 2011, and works through joint statements,multi-stakeholder engagement and diplomatic initiative and interventions.
The Minster assured theEnvoys, who came to convince him on the need for Nigeria to become a member ofthe Coalition that it would be to the benefit of the country.