President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against the abuse of new technologies, in his third Independence Day anniversary broadcast to the nation since he rose to power. He warned that those behind such actions aim “to provoke passions and stir tensions”. “Now we have in our hands technology that is a powerful tool that we can and should use for knowledge and understanding,” the President said on Monday. “As with other countries, we must also learn how to manage those tendencies that, instead, look to abuse new technologies to provoke passions and stir tensions.” Dealing with the problem is a challenge the President believes Nigeria has never faced. The President, therefore, sought collective action to deal with it. “We must all rise to the responsibility of shutting out those disruptive and corrosive forces that hide in today’s world of social media,” he said. President Buhari and top members of his administration have repeatedly warned about the dangers of fake news...
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