THE WAY FORWARD 2. • The take up of social media has also resulted in the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation and harmful speech online. • There is an emergence of many bills (such as the Hate Speech Bill, NGO Bill, Press Council Amendment Bill) seeking to over-regulate speech and civic space. What kinds of activities are needed over the next three to four years? Civil society advocacy should stimulate and support appropriate government agencies to: • develop converged and harmonised policy for the media and communication sector. • reform broadcasting law to give the national broadcaster sufficient independence and financial stability. • review regulatory instruments and institutions to improve their independence and harmonisation. Media support organisations and media organisations should work in partnership to: • support fact-checking efforts • provide fact-checking training • introduce fact-checking as a job function Media organisations, particularly in legacy media, should collaborate more closely in order to build economic resilience and develop strategies for long-term sustainability. Media organisations and civil society organisations should: • campaign for and continue to shine a spotlight on the need for greater respect for rule of law, particularly in the public sector. • coordinate their strategic litigation efforts to hold the public sector accountable for violation of the rule of law. Professional media support associations and media organisations should update, promote, implement and enforce the media code of ethics. Media organisations should make deliberate efforts to mainstream and provide more training opportunities issues, concerning people living with disabilities, gender and human rights. The national human rights commission should provide more training and advocacy on people living with disabilities; gender and human rights. 59 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NIGERIA 2019