WEBCAST TODAY: Impact Assessment of Nigeria’s Proposed Social Media Bill

livestreamOn Wednesday 26 May 2021 at 12pm WAT (11:00 UTC) the Internet Society Nigeria Chapter (ISOC NG) and #DearGovernments Organization (DearGovs), presents a webinar ‘Impact Assessment of Nigeria’s Proposed Social Media Bill‘. A research project has been undertaken over the course of the last four months by a joint team of the DearGovs and the Internet Society. The multi-phased project aims to assess the impact on the global Internet of certain Internet-related government regulations drawn from various countries, using the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT). The first tranche of this Project has been focused on Nigeria’s proposed Social Media Bill. This webinar brings together Internet stakeholders from the Nigerian ecosystem to deliberate on the implications and recommendations of this Project’s Report.

SPEAKERS
Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele, ISOC-Nigeria President
Veronica Piccolo, Co-founder & VP Research @ DearGovs
Verengai Mabika, Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC
Emmanuel C. Ogu, Founder / President @ DearGovs
Bukola Oronti, ISOC-Nigeria Treasurer
Oluwatosin Abolaji, Digital Inclusion Program Manager, Paradigm Initiative (PI)
Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola (AhA), Chair, Nigerian National Cybersecurity Policy & Strategy Committee, 2021
Ridwan Oloyed, Co-founder, Tech Hive Advisory
Mojirayo Ogunlana-Nkanga, Legal Practitioner / Digital, Media, Gender, and Human Rights Advocate

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