Afrigather The President, Main Basic Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, urged fellow African nations and United Nations member states to uphold free speech.
This was as he known as for the safety of weak communities in opposition to misinformation which, he mentioned, had pushed a lot of the armed conflicts in Africa and all over the world.
Buhari made these feedback throughout his final deal with as President of Nigeria on the 77th session of the United Nations Basic Meeting, holding in New York, USA.
Citing the large benefits of social media within the nation’s efforts in direction of Local weather Change adaptation, the President lamented that it’s a “extra corrosive kind” of disseminating data which has been weaponised by some sinister parts previously.
“We should defend freedom of speech whereas upholding values that we cherish. Efforts to guard communities from misinformation have to be intensified to cut back inequality and stem battle drivers,” Buhari mentioned.
The President’s remark comes within the shadows of his regime’s seven-month ban on Twitter final 12 months after it deleted a provocative tweet violating the platform’s guidelines.
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