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The legislator credited with sponsoring the social media regulatory bill, Senator Mohammed Musa, has faulted claims that he plagiarised a similar bill recently passed into law in Singapore. There have been claims on the internet that the lawmaker's bill entitled ‘Protection from Internet falsehood and manipulations bill 2019’, was plagiarised from a bill, which was not too long ago signed into law by the government of Singapore. Reacting Senator Mohammed Musa, who faulted the claim on his twitter handle on Saturday, November 23, explained that all over the world, legislation in one country can influence laws in another country especially when the issue presents similar challenges of regulation. He said it was necessary for lessons to be drawn from other jurisdictions in finding workable solutions in Nigeria Musa noted that legislations across the globe are "public documents and national legislations do not claim right over them as to form the basis for plagiarism over them, their effectiveness being limited to the territorial jurisdiction of each sovereignty”.