Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:11:16 +0000 The Government intends to introduce a secret internet monitoring system that will enable officials vet all communications coming in and out of Zambia. Confirming the scheme National Restoration Party President Elias Chipimo said the introduction of communication monitoring would clearly undermine civil liberties “Every Zambian must rise up and resist.” he said. The idea is that government wants to put a system in place where if the Attorney General authorises it, the office of the President can snoop on all emails and internet traffic. This type of activity belongs to the One party era and should not be accepted under the guies of security. Our rights as zambians are being eroded daily and we need less authoritarianism and more attention to development. “When you combine that intended action with the clamping down of opposition activities and the intimidatory tactics we have witnessed in Mpongwe it is clear that the […]
