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November 20, 2019
A Bill for an Act to Make Provisionsfor the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation and for relatedmatters 2019 passed second reading in the Senate. This followed thepresentation of the lead debate on the bill by the sponsor Musa Sani atplenary.
Leading the debate, Sani said thatthe bill was a 36-clause legislative proposal to provide for the prevention ofbroadcast of falsehood and manipulative contents using the internet and itsintermediaries for transmission.
He added that the bill also providedfor issuance of regulations dealing with transmission of false statements offacts in Nigeria upon declaration.
While supporting the bill, IbrahimGobir said that there was need to regulate the internet and punish offenders.
Opposing the bill, Chimaroke Nnamanisaid that in principle, he condemned it in its entirety.
In his remarks, Senate PresidentAhmad Lawan referred the bill to the Senate Committee in Judiciary, HumanRights and Legal Matters for further legislative action and report back in fourweeks.