Nigeria: Social Media giants deactivated over 13m accounts in Nigeria – NITDA — Africa Links 24

National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, says leading global platforms Google, Microsoft and TikTok have closed and deactivated more than 13 million accounts in line with Nigeria’s Code of Practice for online platforms.

Hadiza Umar, Director, Corporate Communications and Media Relations of NITDA said this on Wednesday in a statement in Abuja.

Mrs Umar said that the Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms, Internet Intermediaries is for the…