By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO



THE National Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, pledged to establish mechanisms to control the use of internet to protect the nation’s cyberspace against attack.

The commission said the move is aimed at protecting children against dangerous online contents, ensure consumer privacy and data protection.

This was disclosed by the commission’s Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Alhaji Ismail Adedigba, at the 109th edition of Consumer Outreach Programme in Osogbo, Osun State.

Adedigba said: “Realising that liberalisation of the telecoms industry has led to an unprecedented increase in the usage of internet-based solutions and services, the Nigerian Communications Commission has initiated a process to establish an internet industry code of practice for internet service providers in the country.

“The internet code is a regulatory intervention expected to secure the country’s cyberspace against threats from cyber attackers and addressing issues such as online child protection, privacy and data protection among others.”

He added that while the commission is working on regulatory interventions to sanitize the cyberspace, telecoms play their role by reporting shortcomings to appropriate quarters. In her opening remarks, the Director of Consumer Bureau, Mrs. Felicia Onwuegbuchulam urged consumers to note that as there is increase in the number “It is noteworthy that as the commission embarks on various initiatives to increase access to the internet for Nigerians for positive engagements, we are, nonetheless, conscious of dishonest individuals, who are bent on using the internet for illegal activities,” she said.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/cybercrime-ncc-to-regulate-use-of-internet/

As in, regulating my visit to nairaland or what?

Alhaji Ismail Adedigba dey craze

NCC, is the problem itself

Have you regulated the effectiveness of our network providers services ?

That should be your priority and leave cyber crimes for the appropriate agency to fight them .

Mtn , glo ,airtel and 9mobile are still dishing out poor services unchecked by NCC .

For a few weeks now , when I make calls with my mtn , I would hear the people clearly but the people would just be shouting hello hello anyhow without hearing me at all .

Funny how people come up with such idea
we are not North Korea

Gym Instructor needed urgently.
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Fuck_outta here

Buhari tyranny is taking shape and our freedom getting eroded

This is Nigeria

So you're assuming this strategy will proffer solution to cyber crime...?

Come up with another option pls .

instead of war on poverty....

No clear statement as to how this will be achieved.
I think scammers use simple tools to hook people. They just prey on your ignorance.
It will be nice though to have some restrictions especially for children and scammers.

Even the US where people go to the deep dark web to commit henious crimes, they haven't think of regulating the internet.

Let them not allow the devil to use them in gagging us up.

Not everyone is an internet scammer here

Efcc tired of raiding already.
Yesterday it was collaboration with traditional Rulers and today regulating use of Internet tomorrow it will be move to ban importation of smart phones and laptops. I laugh..

regulate how? Or they want to increase subscription fee... idiotas.

aaronson:
Even the US where people go to the deep dark web to commit henious crimes, they haven't think of regulating the internet.

But they do in China.

In the USA, guns are legal yet many other countries refuse to do same.

USA is not heaven.

mouth

The rise of VPN, coming up next

It won't go beyond banning porn by the supporters of APC in Abuja. Just watch

Oceannaagent:
Funny how people come up with such idea
we are not North Korea

I believe in privacy and liberalization... But, have you seen the recent stats with respect to internet fraud from this country alone??!...

Regulation and policing of the cyberspace is long overdue, since we have chosen not to be legit.