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

[Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu]

This is a very dangerous threat to freedom of expression, so I suddenly
become a soldier for supporting one side instead of the other ?

It's akin to punishing a war time correspondent for not supporting a war.
Pure insanity.

Kind regards,

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu.

On 6 Aug 2016 07:16, "Tony White via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > Ali Hussein
> > Principal
> > Hussein & Associates
> > +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375
> >
> > Twitter: @AliHKassim
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> >
> >
> > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
> what
> > no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> > Ali Hussein
> > Principal
> > Hussein & Associates
> > +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375
> >
> > Twitter: @AliHKassim
> > Skype: abu-jomo
> > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> >
> >
> > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
> what
> > no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
>
>
> --
> Tony White
>
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