Buhari government moves to regulate Netflix

<p><strong>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Federal Government<&sol;a> is planning to regulate <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Netflix<&sol;a>&comma; other streaming services because it can be used to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cause chaos” and undermine Nigeria’s democratic processes&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minister of Information and Culture&comma; Lai Mohammed made this known at a two-day conference&comma; themed&comma; &&num;8220&semi;the implication of Nigeria censorship laws and regulatory framework for Over-The-Top &lpar;OTT&rpar; streaming services and content providers in Nigeria&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mohammed who was represented by Comfort Ajiboye&comma; Director&comma; Information and Technology in the ministry said&comma;  popularity and demand of streaming services in Nigeria increased with the COVID-19 pandemic&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hence its regulation&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He reiterated that social media and streaming services can be used &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;to cause chaos and undermine democratic processes&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his opening address&comma; Adedayo Thomas&comma; Executive Director and CEO of the NFVCB&comma; said the conference was to brainstorm on creating policies to regulate streamers and content providers in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;fg-speaks-on-pardoning-nnamdi-kanu-today&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;339966&semi;">FG Speaks On Pardoning&comma; Releasing Nnamdi Kanu Today<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With over 50 per cent internet penetration&comma; it has become imperative to convene this conference to bring together stakeholders and legislators in a conversation so as to come up with crystal policies on the regulation of streamers and content providers&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The goal of regulation is not to stifle creativity but to create sanity and encourage healthy competition for socio-economic gains&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> ”Thomas said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;