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

Mon Aug 28 14:40:15 CEST 2017

Glad to read your views on this issue, I must tell you that monitoring
social media for anti - government rhetorics when the government, in
particular, used the social media as a vital tool to their rise to power.

We have noticed gradual shift in their narratives from Social media bill by
the Nigerian Senate
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/senate-withdraws-frivolous-petitions-bill/

to the use of the defamation law on the Internet
http://www.thelawyerschronicle.com/defamation-and-the-internet/
 Some weeks ago, the Vice President declared war on hate speech, what is
hate speech? and Hate speech as terrorism.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-osinbajo-draws-line-hate-speech-says-will-treated-terrorism/

and finally, the military announcing their monitoring of social media  for
anti-government activities
http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/23/nigerian-army-monitoring-anti-government-anti-military-speeches-social-media%E2%80%8E-spokesman/

Read this also
http://thenet.ng/2017/03/audu-maikori-faces-7-year-jail-term-found-guilty-inciting-public-southern-kaduna-killings/

All of these is to push back on the opposition and dissenting voices which
are vital ingredients for democracy.

Just to give context to the way I view these events. My resolution is we
might be going for a massive surveillance regime that will suppress all
forms of oppositions or activism.
As Nigerians have become vocal on social media and more engaging in
governance, it is becoming tougher for government to contain the expression
of the dissatisfaction of the citizenry. Government succeeded in curtailing
bloggers, now they are coming after ordinary citizens on social media.

We need to brace up for the coming days!!!

These are my thoughts anyway.....hope they are not monitoring this email
trail...😉
Benjamin

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Even though I think the military was intended more on bokoharam as target,
> it seem they didn't do a good job in communicating that clearly. Some civil
> society organisations are trying to counter the declaration by military.
> Here is one of such: https://www.channelstv.com/2017/08/27/order-military-
> to-stop-monitoring-nigerians-on-social-media-serap-tells-buhari/
>
> Regards
>
> Sent from my mobile
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>
> On Aug 25, 2017 12:34 PM, "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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