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Nigeria: Internet Code of Practice 2026, including content moderation regulation, enters into force

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Internet Code of Practice 2026, including content moderation regulation, enters into force

On 13 August 2026, the Internet Code of Practice 2026, including content moderation regulation, enters into force. The Code seeks to balance an open Internet with safeguards on privacy, child protection, harmful content, traffic management, and emer…

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

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2025-10-09
in consultation

On 9 October 2025, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) opened a consultation on the Draft …

2025-10-31
processing consultation

On 31 October 2025, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) closes the consultation on the Dra…

2026-02-13
adopted

On 13 February 2026, the Communications Commission adopted the Internet Code of Practice 2026, incl…

2026-05-15
in grace period

On 15 May 2026, the Internet Code of Practice 2026, including content moderation regulation, enters…

2026-08-13
in force

On 13 August 2026, the Internet Code of Practice 2026, including content moderation regulation, ent…