[kictanet] Zimbabwe's Army Chief says Social Media Activism is Cyber Warfare

[Tony White]

Ali,

"The pen is mightier than the sword." - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Those who seek to oppress and dominate will always fear the
dissemination of information (by whatever means it is disseminated).
It used to be mainstream media - now it is "social media".

It is surely the right of those who elect our "public servants" (who
mostly don't see themselves as "servants"!) to hold them to account
and to criticise their actions.

In civilised societies, such criticism, true or false, is accepted as
a necessity of democracy.

Cheers,
Tony


On 06/08/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Listers
>
> News from Zim says that the Army Chief has declared Social Media activism as
> Cyber-Warfare.
>
> HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's army commander said on Friday that his
> soldiers will deal with threats from activists using social media to
> mobilise anti-government protests, the first time the military has commented
> on the demonstrations.
>
> Lieutenant-General Valerio Sibanda, the Zimbabwe National Army Commander,
> said in an interview with state-owned The Herald newspaper that social media
> activism was cyber warfare that the army would deal with.
>
> http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN10G0Z0?sp=true
>
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>
> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what
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-- 
Tony White