The Senate on Tuesday once again took the first step to curb the incidence of hate speech in the country.The Bill titled: “National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches Bill, 2019” is being sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate who is also the Senator representing Niger North, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
The social media regulation Bill titled: “Protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill, 2019” was sponsored by the Senator representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa. It could be recalled that Senator Abdullahi had introduced the same Hate Speech Bill during the Eight Senate but it never returned for second reading following national uproar about the severeness of punishments proposed.
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