Issa Tchiroma warns social media

The Minister of Communication calls on the quality of the information provided on these platforms.

On the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Press Freedom, which was celebrated yesterday, the Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, denounced the misuse of the Internet.

In the minds, still the case of Monique Koumatekel and many others that have hit the headlines, and hit the sensitivities of each other, angering, and criticism of the management of public hospitals. In addition to that, photos, videos and others swarm on social networks. Sometimes, these platforms become truly rings that become the site of several verbal abuse.

Also, Issa Tchiroma invites the press in the dissemination of information “the duty to keep an eye on its social environment, to ask every time if all the right information can be distributed.”

According to the Minister of Communication, “a new breed of reporters are taking advantage of the phenomenal growth of the internet and the facilities it offers for the dissemination of information, to launch headlong into a scoop race with devastating consequences, “we read on Wednesday in Mutations of May 4, 2016.

Issa Tchiroma denounces in this line the lack of basic principles of journalism namely verification and cross-checking of information from many sources.

Moreover, the MINCOM sounded the alarm and warned journalists of social networks: “To these new reporters, I would recall that the outrage against public morality, indecent exposure, corruption of morals, defamation, attacks on the honor and reputation of others, blackmail, false accusations are forbidden by the laws of our country. “

A warning that may have resonated with concerned or not. Especially that to date there is no law governing practices on social networks in Cameroon, the newspaper said.