The Federal Government has urged the media industry to proffer media-driven solutions to social media challenges.The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, spoke on Sunday at the annual general meeting of the All Progressives Congress , Press Corps in Abuja.
“If that report is true, I think it is very unfortunate. I think we need to come around and offer media-driven solutions so that at the end of it this country will have a vibrant and effective social media communication system,” he said.Shehu added that if a new regulatory mechanism on the media was achieved, it would not drive children to addiction, adding that it would also protect consumers of media content from harmful invasion.
“But the irony of what is happening in the country is that while some civil society groups are crying here that the freedom of expression is being threatened, the media space is expanding.
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