{"id":44528,"date":"2015-12-04T14:56:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T13:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44528"},"modified":"2015-12-04T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T14:00:27","slug":"we-must-censor-social-media-saraki-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/we-must-censor-social-media-saraki-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"We must censor social media  Saraki insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Senate President, Bukola\u00a0<span class=\"\">Saraki<\/span>, has said no amount of attacks arising from it would make the Red Chamber abandon the proposed law.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"\">Saraki<\/span>, who acknowledged the roles of the social media in the development of the country\u2019s growing democracy, however, said the Senate would not fold its hand to allowed it abused\u00a0 by some elements.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaking Thursday, when Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West, raised the issue under matters of urgent importance, during the day\u2019s plenary, the Senate President berated activities of some social media platforms, which he said, had published numerous materials to undermine the integrity of the Red Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Senate President, Bukola\u00a0Saraki, has said no amount of attacks arising from it would make the Red Chamber abandon the proposed law. 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