<p dir="ltr">This is a very dangerous threat to freedom of expression, so I suddenly become a soldier for supporting one side instead of the other ? </p>
<p dir="ltr">It's akin to punishing a war time correspondent for not supporting a war. Pure insanity.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kind regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu. </p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 Aug 2016 07:16, "Tony White via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ali,<br>
<br>
"The pen is mightier than the sword." - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton<br>
<br>
Those who seek to oppress and dominate will always fear the<br>
dissemination of information (by whatever means it is disseminated).<br>
It used to be mainstream media - now it is "social media".<br>
<br>
It is surely the right of those who elect our "public servants" (who<br>
mostly don't see themselves as "servants"!) to hold them to account<br>
and to criticise their actions.<br>
<br>
In civilised societies, such criticism, true or false, is accepted as<br>
a necessity of democracy.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
<br>
On 06/08/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
> Listers<br>
><br>
> News from Zim says that the Army Chief has declared Social Media activism as<br>
> Cyber-Warfare.<br>
><br>
> HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's army commander said on Friday that his<br>
> soldiers will deal with threats from activists using social media to<br>
> mobilise anti-government protests, the first time the military has commented<br>
> on the demonstrations.<br>
><br>
> Lieutenant-General Valerio Sibanda, the Zimbabwe National Army Commander,<br>
> said in an interview with state-owned The Herald newspaper that social media<br>
> activism was cyber warfare that the army would deal with.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN10G0Z0?sp=true" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://af.reuters.com/article/<wbr>topNews/idAFKCN10G0Z0?sp=true</a><br>
><br>
> Ali Hussein<br>
> Principal<br>
> Hussein & Associates<br>
> +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375<br>
><br>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim<br>
> Skype: abu-jomo<br>
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><br>
><br>
> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what<br>
> no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPad<br>
> Ali Hussein<br>
> Principal<br>
> Hussein & Associates<br>
> +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375<br>
><br>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim<br>
> Skype: abu-jomo<br>
> LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/<wbr>alihkassim</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what<br>
> no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPad<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Tony White<br>
<br>
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