By KALOBWE BWALYATHERE is urgent need to clean up the cyberspace by implementing laws that guard against social media abuses, former Defence minister George Mpombo has said.Dr Mpombo said peddling of falsehoods and derogatory statements that tarnished the image of other citizens had become the order of the day on social media.He said social media was now marred with character assassination of both individuals and institutions. Dr Mpombo said in an interview that there was need to seriously guard against the spreading of misleading and false information on social media.He urged the new dawn government to enforce laws that guard against social media abuses.“It is sad that social media users have now taken everything as child’s play, Government should quickly move in and enforce cyber laws to stop the rot,” Dr Mpombo said.He said social media abuse had reached alarming levels, saying that hard core criminals were now swindling unsuspecting citizens out of their hard earned […]
Curb social media abuse – Mpombo
