11th October 2024
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Conflicts: CISLAC seeks comprehensive regulation of social media

Conflicts: CISLAC seeks comprehensive regulation of social media

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has called for the comprehensive and inclusive regulation of social media giving cognisance to human rights as a proactive measure to reduce conflict tensions and tendencies in Nigeria.

Making this call in a communiqué signed by its Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim Musa at the end of a one-day capacity building for “response networks” on early warning and early response in Lagos, CISLAC observed that the emergence of social media has continued to aggravate derogatory statements and hate-speeches with evident tendencies for conflict degeneration and polarisation.

Calling for a quick resolution to the problem, it maintained that social media is constituting a serious danger signal.

CISLAC further called for the strengthening of the country’s governance and justice systems at all levels to respond adequately and fairly to the underlying causes of conflict.

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