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NSA: Protesters disseminated inciting content on social media
Oct 29, 2020
The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has said the social media was used to disseminate subversive content to incite violence during the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country recently.
Monguno, who spoke at the multi-stakeholders workshop for the validation of the draft national cybersecurity policy and strategy 2020, organized by his office in Abuja on Wednesday, also attributed the rising cases of terrorism, fake news, and other criminal activities to the cyberspace.
He stated this as the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, declared cyber-terrorism as the most precarious challenge facing Nigeria.
Monguno disclosed that the Federal Government would soon unveil the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, 2020 to check digital threats and enhance national security and economic growth.
The NSA further noted that the government has been proactive in developing policies that could check threats from the use of cyberspace, adding that his office inaugurated a multi-stakeholders committee on September 10, 2020, to review the NCPS 2014.
He explained that the review was to strengthen the existing cyber policy as stipulated that it should be reviewed every five years.
The NSA stated, “We are witnesses to the use of social media to disseminate subversive content to incite violence and heightened tension, causing unrest and sparking widespread looting and destruction across the country.”
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