We Now Monitor Social Media For Anti-Govt And Anti-Military Information-DEFENSE
The Director of Defence Information, Major- General John Enenche, told Channels Television that the move became necessary in the light of troubling activities and misinformation capable of jeopardizing the unity of the country.
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His comments come less than 48 hours after
President Muhammadu Buhari said in his
national broadcast that some of the
discussion on social media in his absence
crossed the line and left him distressed.
For Major General Enenche, the social media has always been a challenge all over the world and for the military, it is no different.
“It is a double-edged sword and we are
also having a bit of it,” he said when
he appeared on Channels Television’s
News At 10, hours after President
Buhari met with service chiefs and
ordered them to strengthen their
operations.
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“Imagine when the President came
back and addressed the nation, not up
to 30 minutes later, a fake speech of
the Commander-In-Chief was being
circulated in order to do what? To
derail the people. If you are not very
sharp and if you didn’t listen to the
speech or you don’t have a copy of it
like I had it almost immediately, you
wouldn’t know. So, looking at it from
that perspective, it is a challenge
everywhere.”
Having observed the possibility that the social
media can be misused, the military has taken
steps to address that. One of such steps is the
establishment of strategic media centres.
“What are we doing? In the military, we
are now taking on it more seriously
than ever. We have our strategic media
centres that monitor the social media
to be able to sieve out and react to all
the ones that will be anti-government,
be anti-military, (and) be anti-
security,” the military chief continued.
“We tackle them appropriately with
appropriate responses. Ahead of that,
we are also proactive. We have
measures in place, scientific measures
to be able to sieve this information and
also to get the public and let them
know that some of this information
they are getting is not genuine are not
true and their objective is an anti-
corporate existence of this country.”
There has been a rise in attacks by Boko
Haram terrorists and it is one of the things
the President advised the service chiefs to
check. While the military intends to do just
that, Major General Enenche said what they
terrorists are doing is not surprising.
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Read also: BUHARI orders service chiefs to deal with IPOB'S Secret Service & Boko Haram
His comments come less than 48 hours after
President Muhammadu Buhari said in his
national broadcast that some of the
discussion on social media in his absence
crossed the line and left him distressed.
For Major General Enenche, the social media has always been a challenge all over the world and for the military, it is no different.
“It is a double-edged sword and we are
also having a bit of it,” he said when
he appeared on Channels Television’s
News At 10, hours after President
Buhari met with service chiefs and
ordered them to strengthen their
operations.
Read also: Nigerian Army reacts to formation of Biafra Secret Service
“Imagine when the President came
back and addressed the nation, not up
to 30 minutes later, a fake speech of
the Commander-In-Chief was being
circulated in order to do what? To
derail the people. If you are not very
sharp and if you didn’t listen to the
speech or you don’t have a copy of it
like I had it almost immediately, you
wouldn’t know. So, looking at it from
that perspective, it is a challenge
everywhere.”
Having observed the possibility that the social
media can be misused, the military has taken
steps to address that. One of such steps is the
establishment of strategic media centres.
“What are we doing? In the military, we
are now taking on it more seriously
than ever. We have our strategic media
centres that monitor the social media
to be able to sieve out and react to all
the ones that will be anti-government,
be anti-military, (and) be anti-
security,” the military chief continued.
“We tackle them appropriately with
appropriate responses. Ahead of that,
we are also proactive. We have
measures in place, scientific measures
to be able to sieve this information and
also to get the public and let them
know that some of this information
they are getting is not genuine are not
true and their objective is an anti-
corporate existence of this country.”
There has been a rise in attacks by Boko
Haram terrorists and it is one of the things
the President advised the service chiefs to
check. While the military intends to do just
that, Major General Enenche said what they
terrorists are doing is not surprising.
Read also: Why I Set Up Biafra Secret Service -Nnamdi Kanu
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