The government said it had come up with the controversial policy to monitor and curb hate speech among the elite. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, had, on Thursday, said he had directed security agencies to tackle those propagating hate speech especially through the social media. We all know what and how the APC came into power with false propaganda, using the social media. Therefore, if there are steps to guard against hate speech on the social media by the government, I support it. “It is a legal matter but generally, when they start monitoring individual’s social media account, it is an invasion of privacy.

Source: Punch January 28, 2018 02:15 UTC