CHALLENGES OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND INVASION OF PRIVACY

Adelabu Omowale (PhD), Julius Okia

Abstract


Freedom of Speech is a fundamental human right. However, the complexity of life and ignorance of the law by the people has made freedom of speech and invasion of privacy difficult to be protected. It is evidenced from our daily living that most citizens do not know their rights. Section 39(1) of the Nigerian 1999 constitution guarantees freedom of speech as a fundamental human right. Having reviewed relevant concepts to this paper, the theory of Sociological Imagination was used to shed adequate light for understanding. However, secondary data is highly relied on for the method of data collection.This paper aims to review the gap between freedom of speech and invasion of privacy especially as it affects the average Nigerian in this present dispensation. It was however discovered through findings that despite laws enabling freedom of speech and minimizing invasion of privacy, people are still harassed. It was therefore concluded in this paper that freedom of speech is not absolute and that right to privacy is needed for a fulfilled life.

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Freedom, privacy, speech, media

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