Regulating Social Media in Nigeria: A Quantitative Perception Study

The study seeks to understand the perception of everyday Nigerian social media users towards government's attempt to regulate social media, amidst the recently proposed Social Media Regulation Bill by the Nigerian lawmakers. The respondents randomly selected for this study were the University of Abuja students and the researcher adopted the survey research design to collect information from the population through questionnaires. The findings indicated that despite respondents' awareness of the possible demerits of unregulated social media, majority of them (54%) kick against the idea of social media regulation, while a substantial (46%) support the move on the provision that it is not politicized. The study, therefore, recommends transparency and openness on the part of government officials for better cooperation by the public.