Nigerian Youths, Social Media Bill Regulation and the Gathering Storm: Where are the Library Services

This paper was on Nigerian Youths, social media bill regulation and the gathering storm: where are the library services? The paper endeavors to review the flight between Youths of Nigeria and government on the issues of social media bill which did not augur well with them. The present government in the bid to censor social media made a bill to regulate all social media spaces, to the Youths that was unacceptable. The role of social media to everyday life cannot be pushed outside. Librarians are using it to reach their users which are mostly Youths. Based on this, the paper reviewed keys areas: social media for library services; role of libraries in driving selfregulation. Social media usage is essential in libraries as it will help library staff keep themselves abreast of new innovations in their career and further help to provide services that will meet the varying needs of their patrons. Regulations over privacy issues on social media concern what data should be collected by the platforms, what data can be sold, what content should be online and who should be in control.

Keywords: Social Media, Librarians, Libraries, Youths, Bill, and Gathering Storm.