Nigeria: Communications Commission opened consultation on Draft Internet Code of Practice 2025 including content moderation regulation
Description
Communications Commission opened consultation on Draft Internet Code of Practice 2025 including content moderation regulation
On 9 October 2025, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) opened a consultation on the Draft Internet Code of Practice until 31 October 2025. The draft amends the Internet Code of Practice of 2019 to establish additional obligations concerning…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, platform intermediary: other, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2025-10-09
in consultation
2025-10-31
processing consultation
2026-02-13
adopted
2026-05-15
in grace period