
The decision of the High Court of Lagos State in Femi Falana, SAN v. Meta Platforms Inc. raises significant legal questions concerning the relationship between constitutional privacy rights, the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA or the Act), and the responsibility of online intermediaries for user-generated content. The case arose from the publication of a video on Facebook by an unidentified third-party user falsely suggesting that the Femi Falana, SAN, the Claimant was suffering from a medical condition

