The Interception of Communications Bill (ICB) has now sailed through Zimbabwe's House of Assembly, going to the upper house will just be a formality reports Newzimbabwe.com. (see link):
The only hope left is that the good President will take his time to append his signature to it like he did with the NGO Bill. Meanwhile, we can continue with our harmless childish pranks on the President or even sellout to the country's ditractors through the Internet or the cellphone. Very soon the thought police will catch up with all thought criminals like Talkmedia and others in Zimbabwe.
What will be the possible implications of this new law on those of us who live by peddling juicy tit-bits on the unfolding tragedy and its main protagonists in Zimbabwe?
1, Imagine how we shall all miss the unsavoury SMSs cartooning our hitherto good natured President through our cellphones.
2, How we shall all be relieved to have no more silly little jokes lampooning His Excellency, spamming our e-mail boxes.
3, Rumour mongers bent on tarnishing the image of our beloved country, its leaders and its sacrosanct institutions by pretending they were privy to juicy details of scandals will be no longer at ease to pass on their blatant lies to journalists via SMSs, or e-mails since no journalists can guarantee their anonymity anymore.
4, Our media shall be sanitised of all unpatriotic confabs.
5, Critical blogsites like Talkmedia will have to tone down criticism especially if directed to government policies.
Isn't that double plus good in Orwellian Newspeak terms?
By the Oracle.
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