The irony, however, is that the authorities wouldn’t have to spend so much money monitoring our online conversations if they made more effort to join them. RateYourLeader Nigeria JOPopoola Nigerians
Members of the Nigerian Senate attend the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly in Abuja. Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP
The move comes barely a month after the Nigerian government banned Twitter and comes at the same time as attempts in the Assembly to amend bills for the purpose of “regulating the media,” moves some have described as “draconian, ill-advised and an attempt to gag the media on all fronts.” Too often, the first instinct of our lawmakers is to shut down online debate when they should be leading it. And in the digital age, the opportunities to do so are plentiful.
We also need better flows of information throughout our nation. The most damaging communication on WhatsApp is not sedition and subversion but misinformation and misleading myths – just recently, we have seen Nigerian’s sharing stories about separatist leaders visiting the White House in good faith when nothing of the kind has occurred.
Rate Your Leader’s abuse-proof technology also ensures that all communication is courteous and civil. If it’s obscene it won’t go on-screen.
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