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    Thursday Roundup: On Porn, the Nigerian Legislature and the worth of a startup

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    Gbenga Onalaja
    132 months ago
    Thursday Roundup: On Porn, the Nigerian Legislature and the worth of a startup

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    The Nigerian legislature is talking about banning internet/social media porn in Nigeria, but as far as we know, it doesn’t have a clue about how things like internet porn work: the many layers of complexity it takes to solve it, or even the import of this act on freedom of speech on the internet. Also, how much is your startup really worth? We wrote about that and more today. Here:

    Nigeria’s Legislature Wants To Ban Internet Porn But They Have No Clue How

    The Nigerian House of Representatives want to censor social media. It’s a bad idea.

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    The Ministry Of ICT Is No More; Now What?

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    Do People Still Pay For News In 2015?

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    The Bane Of The QR Code

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    A White-Hat Hacker’s Insight Into Smartphone Security

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    Study Shows That Playing Action Games Improves Your Brain, Even As Games Increase In Popularity

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    Hey startup, nobody cares about your name.

     

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