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Nigeria to require social media platforms to open local offices

Facebook, TikTok, Twitter apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. [Reuters]

Online platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Tiktok will be required to register and open offices in Nigeria and appoint contact persons with the government, draft regulations from the information technology development agency show.

The code of practice for "interactive computer service platforms/internet intermediaries" was meant to curb online abuse, including disinformation and misinformation, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said in the regulations posted on its website.

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