CEO of Chocolate City is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and record producer, Jude Abaga, better known as M.I reacts to a post by Festus Keyamo, SAN, in regards to the opposition of social media bill before the Nigerian Senate perceived to be aimed at silencing the freedom of speech.
Keyamo took to social media to slam activists who are clamoring for the bill to be thrown out of the senate. According to him, his reason was that the same social media activists who are kicking against this bill are the same people who block social media users with opposing views.
Keyamo in a tweet wrote;
Those so-called overnight Social Media ‘activists’ who oppose the Social Media Bill should first stop blocking those who irritate them with insults, unblock all those they have blocked and apologise to them. You can’t be intolerant and ask others to be. Practice what you preach”.
In response to this, post, MI pointed out the differences between blocking people on social media and what the social media bill poses to do.
He tweeted; I’m sure you can see the difference esteemed sir. Blocking people (which is so much fun by the way) doesn’t infringe on the other persons right to say what they want to say.. I don’t have to listen to you isn’t the same as I won’t allow you speak #SayNoToSocialMediaBill”.
He tweeted: “I’m sure you can see the difference esteemed sir. Blocking people (which is so much fun by the way) doesn’t infringe on the other persons right to say what they want to say.. I don’t have to listen to you isn’t the same as I won’t allow you speak #SayNoToSocialMediaBill”.
