Tue, 16 May 2017 10:45:58 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA GOVERNMENT is planning to introduce four more bills to take to parliament among them the cyber security bill to control social media abuse and protect people from being exploited. Transport and Communication minister Brian Mushimba said the other bills are the cybercrime bill, cyber security bill and the data protection bill. Speaking on the Patriotic Front Interactive forum on Sunday in Lusaka the Minister said the cyber security bill will clearly stipulate the punishment for abusers of social media. Mr Mushimba said the bills were not meant to track down people anyhow because such planned laws were already there in developed countries like the USA, to give direction on how the internet environment out to be managed. Mr Mushimba said the cybercrime Bill will criminalize computer –based offences and network related crime, provide for investigation and collection of evidence and also provide for the admission […]
