[kictanet] Zimbabwe Legalises ICT Censorship?

[John Walubengo]

Good luck to them -China with much more technical and
financial clout once tried and continues to try to censor
thier Net but with little success..

I mean if a Govt does not like what is on their domestic
domains or websites, they may and can block it but the same
content would be published on foreign domains/websites and
the same citizens would then access it via their PCs,
Mobile Phones, iPods, Internet-cum-Radio Casts amongst
other Optinos.  

But unless ofcourse the said Government also pulls down the
Country's plug onto the global internet -which judging by
the recent trends in Zim might not be as far fetched as it
sounds (Oops! Apologies,I maybe wrong on that account,
because its based on media reports which from -the recent
heated exchanges on this list - could be biased).

walu.

--- Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ...
> Meanwhile, the lower house of Zimbabwe’s parliament
> passed a bill yesterday allowing the government to
> monitor phones, mail and the Internet to protect national
> security.  
> While conceding the country needed to protect itself
> against terrorism, opposition members said they feared
> the bill would pave the way for President Mugabe’s
> government to curtail freedom of speech and breach
> privacy.  
> The Interception of Communications bill sailed through
> the lower house without amendments and will now be sent
> to the upper house, where it is expected to face little
> opposition. Mr Mugabe’s ruling party has a majority in
> both houses....
> 
>
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?premiumid=0&category_id=66&newsid=100336
> 
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