But while still trying to live with this reality and decipher between fake news and alternative facts, a new trend has emerged, which is the social media mob action. Media trial has now been replaced by social media trial. In Nigeria, several persons have been bathed in the baptism of social media mob attack, a few come out of it unscathed; others are drowned in the baptism. She came under fire on social media following her appointment after some social media users alleged that she and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West, have had an intimate relationship. But this court can also be exploited whereby public opinion and the social media becomes a monster.

Source: The Guardian July 05, 2019 04:30 UTC