WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANTI SOCIAL BILL!!!

A Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah’s proposed “Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and Other Related Matters”, christened the Anti-Social Media Bill by Nigerians is one of those issues that is unrivalled by any other idea that poses a threat to my sanity.

For the sake of those unacquainted with the details of the proposal, the bill on one hand, seeks to clampdown on “anyone who intentionally propagates false information that could threaten the security of the country or that is capable of inciting the general public against the government through electronic message.”
On the other hand, it proposes “to criminalize anyone disseminating via text message, Twitter, WhatsApp, or any other form of social media an “abusive statement” intending to “set the public against any person and group of persons, an institution of government or such other bodies established by law”.

This bill is clearly an act to put a STOP TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHICH WE CAN NOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN!!!!!!
We sincerely
hope a sane senator from lagos will kick against this senseless bill