Nigerian Govt Warns Content Creators Against Unauthorised Filming

Nigerian govt warns content creators against unauthorised filming

The Nigerian Government, through the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, has warned content creators in the country against photographing or recording videos of unsuspecting members of the public without consent and sharing them on social media. The commission said this on Friday in a statement issued by Mr. Babatunde Bamigboye, Head of Legal, Enforcement and Regulations, in Abuja. Bamigboye said such actions violated citizens’ rights to informa…

‘Stop filming Nigerians without consent or face sanctions’, NDPC warns content creators

The warning followed a controversy involving Lagos-based TikToker Ella.

Nigeria: NDPC to sanction unauthorised violation of citizens’ privacy by content creators

By Abiodun Folarin WorldStage– The Nigerian government will sanction content creators for posting pictures and videos of any person without their authorization on online social media platforms, noting that such acts violate citizens’ rights to informational self-determination as guaranteed under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (NDP Act). The NDPC, in a statement on …

NDPC warns content creators over unauthorised filming

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has warned content creators who film unsuspecting members of the public and post the footage on social media that they risk sanctions under Nigeria’s data protection laws. The warning, issued Friday in Abuja by the commission’s Head of Legal, Enforcement and Regulations, Babatunde Bamigboye, follows a preliminary investigation into a content creator who stands at roadsides in Lagos to produce a self-…

FG issues huge warning to social media content creators

The NDPC has cautioned social media content creators against photographing or filming members of the public without their knowledge

Nigerian Data Commission NDPC Warns Social Media Content Creators Over Unauthorised Filming Of Citizens

Nigerian Data Commission NDPC Warns Social Media Content Creators Over Unauthorised Filming Of Citizens