Besides, he insisted that the union would continue to picket media outfits, which fail to pay their workers salaries. He was in Kano to seek support of delegates for his re-election bid ahead of delegates’ conference holding in Ogun State next month. “Sanitising the social media has not been easy. We are in talks with owners and proprietors of online publications with a view to bringing them under the NUJ umbrella. Meanwhile, as countries strive to tackle fake news, especially during electioneering campaigns, Google and Facebook yesterday agreed on a code of conduct to combat online misinformation.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2018 04:30 UTC