A file photo of demonstrators during a protest over alleged police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria on Oct 17. Social media helped spread word of the shootings worldwide, and international celebrities from Beyonce and Lewis Hamilton to Pope Francis since called on the country to resolve the conflict peacefully. — Reuters
ABUJA/LAGOS: Nigeria’s information minister said “some form of regulation” could be imposed on social media just a week after protesters spread images and videos of a deadly shooting using Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Images, video and an Instagram live feed from a popular DJ spread news of shootings in Lagos on Oct 20, when witnesses and rights groups said the military fired on peaceful protesters.
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