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The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to use their platforms to incite violence and instigate ethnic hatred in Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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\nThe minister made the demand in Abuja at a meeting with a team from Facebook.<\/p>\n

He said since IPOB had been proscribed and classified as a terrorist organisation, Facebook has no justification for yielding its platform to the organisation to further its campaign of hate and destabilisation of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have called this meeting to enable us to discuss the increasing use of Facebook by separatists and anarchists, especially those of them based outside the country, to instigate violence and ethnic hatred in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

” For whatever reason, they seem to have now chosen Facebook as their platform of choice. And their tools include disinformation, incendiary statements, and hate speech. They use Facebook broadcasts to reach their followers, who are in thousands. They tag those opposed to their violent ways as \u2018saboteurs\u2019 who must be attacked, maimed, and killed. They use both English and their local language as it suits them,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n

He said the actions of the proscribed group had real-life implications, adding:<\/p>\n

\u201dBy purveying hate and inciting violence, people are getting killed while private and public properties are being attacked and destroyed. Security agencies and other symbols of government are their choice targets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The minister said despite the numerous complaints to Facebook about the activities of IPOB, nothing had been done by the company to curtail the group\u2019s excesses on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur social media people have been monitoring these separatists, anarchists, and purveyors of hate, and have been reporting their atrocious actions to Facebook, but all they get are default responses that their complaints have been received and are being looked into. Most often than not, nothing is done about such complaints\u2026 The truth is that whatever Facebook is doing to check these people is mere tokenism and is totally ineffective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mohammed said the government would be monitoring Facebook and other platforms closely in the days ahead to ensure compliance with the demand, as it steps up the campaign for the responsible use of social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have always advocated responsible use of social media, and consistently called on all stakeholders to join us in achieving this. Some have tagged our efforts as an attempt to stifle social media. They are wrong, because we have no intention of preventing Nigerians from using social media responsibly. All we have been advocating is a responsible use of social media,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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