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The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja sealed agreements with tech giants, Meta and Google on the protection of the integrity of the forthcoming general elections.
The agreements were reached at a meeting between the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and representatives of Meta and Google.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Meta is the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp while Google owns YouTube, G-mail and Google Search.
At the meeting which was at the instance of the minister, the tech giants agreed to comply with four demands by the federal government.
The tech giants agreed to work with the government in flagging and bringing down posts that constituted fake news and disinformation in their platforms.
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They also agreed to work with the security agencies to bring down posts capable of inciting violence before, during and after the elections.
It was also agreed that election results not originating from official sources, should be flagged as unverified by the tech giants’ platforms.
