Adebayo Samuel

The Federal Government says it has completed plans to sanitise the social media space in a bid curtail fake news, hate speeches and its resultant effects.

This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at a press conference in Abuja. According to the Information minister, the Federal government will implement reforms in the broadcast industry and sanction any defaulting broadcast media outfit caught in the act.

The broadcast media reform, He added will extend to the social media space which he says is currently “out of control’.

“Since we launched our reform of the broadcast industry, many Nigerians have reached out to us, demanding that we also look into how to sanitise the Social Media space. I can assure you that we are also working on how to inject sanity into the Social Media space which, today, is totally out of control,” he said.

Lai Mohmammed reiterated that no responsible government would sit back and allow activities such as fake news and hate speech, which is capable of setting the country on fire, to continue unchecked.

“That is why we will continue to evolve ways to tackle fake news and hate speech until we banish both,” he said.