Mugabe creates new role of Minister of cyber security and threat detection as he gets more 'worried' about rise of social media
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has created and appointed a
minister of cyber security and threat detection as the country deals
with the growth of social media and internet-based media groups.
Mugabe and his family have accused the media of spreading "fake news"
while Patrick Chinamasa who has been given the new post warned last
month that the government would treat social media as a security threat.
Chinamsa, a lawyer, would be responsible for introducing a cyber
crimes bill to criminalise the posting of false information on the
internet, revenge porn, cyber-bullying and online activity against the
government.
Zimbabwe's media laws are repressive, but the government has been
struggling to regulate them because some of the media outlets are not
based in the country.
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