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#EndSARS mayhem is enough reason to regulate social media now, Don tells FG

...Calls for UN Charter to tackle fake news

26th October 2020
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A university don, Dr. Kola Adeshina has declared that the outcome of controversy surrounding the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate plaza by the soldiers, is enough for the Federal Government (FG) to regulate social media.

Adeshina stated that it is high time for the United Nations to draft a charter that would address the anti-social potential of social media across the world while protecting individual’s rights to freedom of expression.

The don who is a scholar of Development Communications and Head, Department of Mass Communication, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
made this known at a virtual webinar organised by an alumni group of his department.

Adeshina said the violence that trailed the EndSars Protest across Nigeria was largely fueled by fake news, one of the anti-social potential of social media.

“Social media is too powerful and far-reaching for it not to be regulated. What we have seen in the past 72 hours is a clear manifestation of the anti-social potential that social media possess. There are many applications that can be used to fake realities and simulate real life situations. Often times, these apps are used to confuse social media consumers and trigger events, the likes of what we have seen across the country.

“Fake news is not just a Nigerian problem, it is global. The world has to address it now before it plunges it into a third world war. Some scholars are already advocating for a UN Charter in this regard and I strongly believe this should be done. Countries like the UK, Germany and some other advanced economies have different forms of regulation on social media. They work with the tech companies to reduce the risk of spreading fake news, cyber bullying and others. We need to have some form of control here and now is the best time to do something. This has nothing to do with press freedom or freedom of expression”, he said .

Speaking further, Dr. Adeshina, blamed traditional media for their role in the coverage of the EndSARS protest across the country.

He held that: “Conventional media can’t be excused from the violence that we have seen in the past few days. They got carried away in their coverage of the protests and sided with the people. Rather than showing the news, they told the news. Their news commentary were not completely neutral.”

 

He noted that with Nigerian media embracing 24- hour instatenous news cycle, news editors now have little time to think through stories.

“Events happen quite fast and news editors publish without having enough time to think them through. Speed is now priority and accuracy and impact are somewhat an afterthought. This is a challenge in journalism today just as much as it is in political communication too. Events happen fast and media and political gladiators have little time to think about how to report or respond to them. The public want information and they want it now. Having time to think would require a media organisation to pause, fact check and think about the structure of the news. What we have largely today is a race to be the first to publish stories even if we are not sure of the veracity of claims”.

“If many conventional media had paused to fact check some of the UGCs (user generated contents) that came from Lekki Toll Plaza on October 20, 2020, perhaps the story would have been different.” He retorted.

 

 

Tags: #endsars protestersKola Adeshinasocial media
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