Tag: Hate Speech
Hate Speech: Osinbajo engages APC social media influencers
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday engaged the All Progressives Congress (APC) social media operators and influencers on hate speech…
Lai Mohammed justifies N5 million hate speech fine
The Federal Government has explained that any speech, broadcast, or publication that denigrates a person, a group of people on…
Shehu Sani reacts to N5m hate speech fine
Civil rights activist and former Senator of Kaduna central zone in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani has made a…
FG raises hate speech fine to N5m
Nigerian government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, according to the amended Nigeria Broadcasting…
Hate Speech: 400 brands including Coca Cola set to boycott Facebook
Advertisements for more than 400 brands, including Coca-Cola and Starbucks, are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the…
Hate speech: NBC urges FG to promote professional journalism
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts at promoting news literacy and…
Hate Speech: Centre records 387 instances in November
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has said it tracked and documented a total of 387 Hate and…
Defamation, libel laws inadequate to tackle Hate Speech – Abdullahi
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, on Thursday said existing laws on defamation and libel are…
‘Hate speech, the root of Nigeria’s problem’ – Deputy Chief Whip
Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate has highlighted why the hate speech bill should be…
Hate speech bill: Akeredolu criticises proposed capital punishment
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday in Ilorin criticised the proposed capital punishment clause in the hate speech…
Facebook intensifies efforts against hate speech
Facebook says it has intensified efforts to combat the use of hate speech on its platform.
Kogi, Bayelsa polls: INEC warns media against promoting hate speech, fake news
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised media organisations not to allow their platforms be used to promote hate…
Emir cautions preachers against provocative sermons
The Emir of Kwandere in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Al-Makura, has cautioned preachers against provocative sermons capable of inciting public…
Facebook, Google defend efforts to remove hate speech before Congress
Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google unit on Tuesday defended their efforts to remove hate speech from social media sites…
UN worried over rise in hate speech alarming
The current rise in hate speech, racial tensions and identity-based violence is alarming, the UN Special Adviser on Preventing Genocide,…
Catholic Media practitioners caution politicians against hate speech
The Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CAMPAN) has advised politicians to shun hate speech capable of heating up the…
Osun Guber: Political parties urged to shun hate speech
Ahead of the Sept. 22 Osun governorship election, an NGO, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA Africa), has…
2019: Fake news, hate speech pose serious threats – Media executives
Some media executives have identified fake news and hate speech as serious threats to the 2019 General Elections and Nigeria’s…
Hate speech: NBC to sanction Ondo Television
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it will sanction the Ondo State Television Service (OSTS) for broadcasting hate speech against…
Myanmar: Facebook admits ‘too slow’ in addressing hate speech
Facebook has been “too slow’’ to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem by hiring…
Hate speech, fake news: Plateau wants defaulting media outfits sanctioned
With hate speeches and fake news largely blamed for the security challenges in Plateau, the state government has asked the…
Opposition uses fake news, hate speech to de-market Buhari – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the opposition is using fake news and hate speech as…
Police urge Kano politicians to shun violence, hate speech
The Police Command in Kano State has urged residents, especially politicians to shun politics of violence and hate speech ahead…
African politicians advised against hate speech
Prof. Nana Amfo of the University of Legon, Ghana on Wednesday urged African politicians to stop the use of hate…
Fake news, hate speech threat to national security – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Friday described the growing level of fake news and hate…
Hate speech: INEC to partner advertising professionals
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its willingness to cooperate with advertising professionals in the country to mitigate…
Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward fined for hate speech
Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward on Tuesday agreed to pay 5,000 U.S. dollars and apologised for his…
Njemanze tasks media practitioners against acrimony, hate speech
Mr Nnamdi Njemanze, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Press Council, has called on media practitioners to promote peace in the society by…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg vows to work harder to block hate speech in Myanmar
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said his company would step up efforts to block hate messages in Myanmar as he…
Pakistan launches smartphone app to combat hate speech
The Pakistani government has launched a mobile phone application to enable the public to report hate speech in a bid…