SERAP asks NASS to withdraw the bill mandating social media platforms to establish physical offices
He maintained that the bill was not designed to target social media platforms but to improve revenue generation from the country’s digital economy.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the C to withdraw a bill seeking to compel social media platforms and bloggers operating in Nigeria to establish physical offices with verifiable addresses in the country.“The Bill would create sweeping powers capable of shutting down or excluding social media platforms from the Nigerian market and exposing ‘millions of Nigerians to serious violations of their constitutionally and internationally guaranteed human rights,” the letter reads.
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