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Nigeria- The Cybercrime Bill, which authorizes intercept of personal electronic communications of Nigerians by authorities in order to facilitate criminal investigations has passed second reading at the house of representatives, DailyTrust reports:
A bill that seeks to intercept personal communications of Nigerians sponsored by the Federal Government yesterday passed second reading at the House of Representatives.
President Goodluck Jonathan had in January last year forwarded the bill to the lower chamber for consideration, but it came up for debate only yesterday.
The bill essentially empowers security agents to intercept and record electronic communications between individuals and seize usage data from internet service providers and mobile networks as well as ask telecommunication companies to conduct surveillance on individuals and release user data to authorities.
If the Cybercrime Bill is enacted into law, authorities can intercept and record personal emails, text messages, instant messages, voice mails and multimedia messages, in order to facilitate a criminal investigation.
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#Nigeria
A bill that seeks to intercept personal communications of Nigerians sponsored by the Federal Government yesterday passed second reading at the House of Representatives.
President Goodluck Jonathan had in January last year forwarded the bill to the lower chamber for consideration, but it came up for debate only yesterday.
The bill essentially empowers security agents to intercept and record electronic communications between individuals and seize usage data from internet service providers and mobile networks as well as ask telecommunication companies to conduct surveillance on individuals and release user data to authorities.
If the Cybercrime Bill is enacted into law, authorities can intercept and record personal emails, text messages, instant messages, voice mails and multimedia messages, in order to facilitate a criminal investigation.
click here to read more
#Nigeria
