[Ncuc-af] Nigeria Govt Monitoring Socialmedia for anti government

[Dorothy Gi]

There should be laws on the books that prevent incursions on personal data
in this way.  This is why Trump had to get a judge to go round it when
chasing down anti-trumpists.  Does Nigeria have a data protection law?  The
issue of 'torture' is a tricky one. There will need to be proof and then
such cases need publicity as they test the law.  If my neighbour today
tomorrow it could be...The problem everywhere is the use of social media
for 'terrorism' opens up justification for abuse.  After having looked at
what goes on in the US (well documented) and Europe any 'legitimate'
dissident should protect themselves as they will be tracked down. Some opt
out of all things digital. I guess African dissidents need to understand
this, study the law and all times stay within the boundaries of the law and
avoid compromising their network. Surveillance is real and ubiquitous. I do
get a bit upset if we make it look like African governments are the worst
in fact they are relatively new to the game and will probably build skills
swiftly in this are thanks to technical support and data share  from donor
partners.
best

Dorothy K. Gordon
+233 244 311348

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <
compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's crystal clear that government does monitor communication lines and
> social media but the problem is the level of abuse to it. It is worrisome
> to see our president position on the use of social media and communication
> lines and the backwardness to the internet openness and inclusiveness in
> Nigeria.
>
> The question that came to my mind after reading through is who are the
> anti-government, anti-military or anti-security? And what are the
> definition and scope of the military in tracking these people? We are very
> much aware that fake news is all over the media and social media platform
> but amidst the fake news, is there no genuine news that they called fake
> news?
>
> It's very glaring that we will see innocent people being tracked down and
> tortured because of freedom of speech and digital right in Nigeria.
>
> Regards.
> Peter
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Kris Seeburn <seeburn.k at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The egyptian government is not only monitoring Social media but all
>> communications. WHats app etc., phone..all are being monitored.
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2017, at 2:48 AM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear NCUC -African members,
>> I came across this and I do like to get your views on this, a recent
>> announcement by the Nigerian military was
>>
>> Nigerian Army monitoring anti-government, anti-military speeches on
>> social media‎ – Spokesman
>>
>> http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/23/nigerian-army-monitoring-anti
>> -government-anti-military-speeches-social-media%E2%80%8E-spokesman/
>>
>>
>> What do you think? Is this good for the Internet or for domain name
>> development?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Benjamin
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