ROLE OF THE HATE SPEECH BILL IN PROHIBITING VERBAL ABUSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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ROLE OF THE HATE SPEECH BILL IN PROHIBITING VERBAL ABUSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Long ago, humans began to communicate more widely across the earth. Those linkages have helped to highlight other people’s lifestyles/behaviors, religious practices, cultural differences, and political beliefs.
Technology and communication have recently accelerated the rate of global integration, creating a sense of immediate neighbourhood regardless of distance and transforming the world into a field of constant undirected movement, resulting in unequalled interaction in the geometrical progression of societal networking. Beckman et al. (2004).
Changes in behaviour and patterns of connection are altered, either negatively or constructively, as money, technology, and raw commodities move faster. This global movement does not exclude widespread misery, instability, injustice, or discontent as societal vices. Non-indigene syndrome, for example, is extremely common in Nigerian society.
Discrimination or indigenization, on the other hand, is seen in Nigeria as a social ill that should not be discussed or practiced. Bakari (2017) defines religion as a universal phenomena that applies to both ancient and modern human communities.
The term “religion” has numerous connotations, and its definition is highly controversial. Religion is defined by the existence of and belief in a supernatural being who guides human lives. Bakari emphasised that Theravada Buddhism does not contain belief in supernatural creatures.
When religion is viewed as a human endeavour to construct a holy, it propels human beings’ activities in regard to sacred realms that are distinct from the regular world. Religion may also be defined as a set of beliefs and practices that a community employs to deal with life’s most difficult challenges.
The importance of religion in human society abhors racism, which promotes denial and unjust treatment of people based on their skin colour or ethnicity, regardless of their character content.
Racism has been considered as a social problem in most European countries, as well as Asia and South Africa, where it has been spread by white minority settlers.
Despite late 1960s civil rights legislation forbidding discrimination in education, job, and religion, racism has resulted in segregation, conflict, antagonism, violence, and political fragmentation in the United States (Van De Berghe 1970).
In Nigeria, laws have been passed to protect freedom of speech, association, human rights, justice, fairness, and equality before the law; that a Nigerian has the right to own property in any part of the country, study anywhere, be a member of any religious group, and work in any government firm without discrimination; however, zero tolerance has eluded these laws in a pluralistic nation.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Every person you meet, every message you receive, every word you utter, and every idea you have can result in public humiliation, accusations, condemnation, and threats of serious bodily harm in an instant. Do you experience the feeling of being overwhelmed? Welcome to the world of cyberbullying.
Despite the fact that various types of online harassment have been studied since the inception of the Internet (Dibbell, 1994; Greenberg, 1996; Huff, Johnson, & Miller, 2002; McGraw, 1995; Smith, 2002; Starr, 2000; Topper, 2001), online harassment remains poorly understood socially, legally, and academically (Citron, 2014; Reed, 2009; Salter & Bryden, 2009).
For example, the concept of “cyberstalking” was only recently legalised, owing to its close relationship to the more well-known crime of “offline” stalking (National Centre for Cyberstalking Research, 2011).
Furthermore, as technology advances, new possibilities and limits emerge for both online and offline harassment, particularly on social media platforms (Citron, 2014; Perry & Olsson, 2009; Pew Research Centre, 2014; Voelcker, 2006).
Bastiaensens et al., 2014; Beckman, Hagquist, & Hellström, 2013; Calvete, Orue, Estévez, Villardón, & Padilla, 2010; Citron, 2014; Fenaughty & Harré, 2013; National White Collar Crime Centre, 2013; National White Collar As a result, a broad definition of online harassment could include hate speech and the public posting of private photos without consent (Citron, 2014).
1.3 Objective Of the Study
The general purpose of the study is to look closely at the effect of the hate speech bill in preventing verbal abuse on social media. Specifically, the study aims to
Examine the causes of verbal abuse on social media.
Study the damaging impact of verbal abuse on social media.
Investigate whether the hate speech bill has lowered the amount of verbal abuse on social media.
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