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Chief Fortune Charumbira Seeks Measures Against Fake Social Media Accounts

4 years agoFri, 14 Jun 2019 11:46:34 GMT
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Chief Fortune Charumbira Seeks Measures Against Fake Social Media Accounts

Senate, Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has asked Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi to explain government policy on fake Twitter and other social media accounts.

Recently, there was a twitter account under the name Fortune Charumbira which was criticising president Mnangagwa’s administration for causing pain to the citizenry. The chief has since distanced himself from the account.

In response to the question, Mutodi said that the situation was not peculiar to Zimbabwe. He also said that the issue was worrying as fake accounts were being created in the names of prominent people including Mnangagwa, Vice-Presidents and top army officials. He said:

It is not only happening in Zimbabwe. In the United States, 11% of social media accounts are fake and some have been used for fraudulent criminal activities. In Zimbabwe, we face a serious situation of these fake accounts because popular individuals like the Head of State and Government, the army, the Central Intelligence Organisation or chiefs are used to peddle lies through those fake accounts as if they have said something.

Mutodi added that there is a Cyber-Crime Bill which is in its draft stage which shall address the issue of protection in the cyberspace. He, however, forewarned that there shall be a problem in implementing the cyber laws since the Constitution provided for freedom of information. He added that most of the people creating fake social media accounts were residing in foreign countries.

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