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

[Barrack Otieno]

@ Ali,

This is why the multistakeholder model is very important more so in
educating and empowering stakeholders, very unusual for the military
to comment on civilian matters. In other news,  the Zimbabwean courts
could not find any charges to lock up Pastor Evan Mawarire of 'This
Flag Fame', i am not surprised they are looking at another angle of
charging him, the social movement is still hot after bringing business
in Zimbabwe at a Standstill some times last month or was it June using
facebook.



On 8/6/16, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 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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