Advocacy group sues Nigerian government over failure to publish Twitter agreement
by the country’s actions, noting it considered an open internet as “an essential human right in modern society.”
On January 13th, Nigeria lifted the ban after the company agreed, among other conditions, to open a local office and work with the government to co-develop a code of conduct. On Sunday, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project with the country’s High Court to compel President Buhari and Information Minister Lai Mohammed to publish a copy of that agreement.
“Publishing the agreement with Twitter would promote transparency, accountability, and help to mitigate threats to Nigerians’ rights online, as well as any interference with online privacy and freedom of expression,” SERAP said. “Any agreement with social media companies must meet the constitutional requirements of legality, necessity, proportionality and legitimacy.”
SERAP said it had attempted to obtain a copy of the agreement through a freedom of information request. It’s suing partly because the government came back with an “unsatisfactory” response to that request. Minister Mohammed allegedly told the group details on the arrangement were already “in the public space,” and did not forward a copy of its terms., SERAP was among several groups that went to court to fight Nigeria’s ban of Twitter.
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