The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Monday, said that fake news will be the cause of World War III.
While making an appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values to defend his ministry’s 2022 budget allocation, Mohammed stated that the means of receiving the information has changed over the decades, as 30 years ago, it was through television and radio sets.
He noted that people prefer to patronise social media where fake news is easily spread than the traditional news media.
“The people today, they don’t read newspapers and don’t watch television — it’s social media. And it is most expensive; the most unseen enemy, they are there every moment.
“I have always said here that the next world war will be caused by fake news.
“You can see even the US that use to pride itself on the freedom of the press is now questioning the role of the social media,” the minister said.
