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Zimbabwe Military Threatens To 'Deal With' Social Media-Powered Protesters (reuters.com)
Things are not looking good in Zimbabwe. Amid tensions between the citizens and longtime president Robert Mugabe, the country's army commander said today that his soldiers will "deal with threats" from activists using social media to mobilize anti-government protests, the first time the military has commented on the demonstrations. Reuters reports: Lieutenant-General Valerio Sibanda, the Zimbabwe National Army Commander, said in an interview with state-owned The Herald newspaper that social media activism was cyber warfare that the army would deal with. Neither the army, which has anchored President Robert Mugabe's 36-year rule, nor the police force have been paid on time since June. Zimbabwe has seen several protests in recent months with unemployment above 80 percent, dollar shortages worsening as commodity prices slumped and as the region suffers its worst drought for 25 years. The largest anti-government protest in Zimbabwe in the last decade was organized on social media last month, when a strike by #ThisFlag movement shut down businesses. "As an army, at our institutions of training, we are already training our officers to be able to deal with this new threat we call cyber warfare where weapons -- not necessarily guns but basically information and communication technology -- are being used to mobilize people to do the wrong things," Sibanda said.
The Democrats must be so sad. This is blacks oppressing blacks so they can't scream RACISM. Maybe they could play the class warfare angle?
this new threat we call cyber warfare where weapons -- not necessarily guns but basically information and communication technology
Information and communication being classified as a weapon is not a good sign.
I like to walk up to fat chicks and tell them how repulsive and disgusting they are. If they burst into tears, you're doing it right. No rage is more amusing than fat rage. When they hyperventilate over it I point out that they should thank me because that's more calories than they normally expend in a week!
Electricity.
When it comes to most of these protests, i'm doubtful of the authenticity of their complaints. Most of the protests you see around the west are astroturfed by well-funded NGOs as the personal playthings of the monied billionaires of the world. Zimbabwe might be different though given that fact that I have a billion dollar note sitting on my desk from them.
The real question that should be asked, who did Mugabe annoy in the West that is now organizing these protests?
he will do this here to us because he hates people that can read, and nearly everyone that can use the Internet can read so he hates us as a group. Hates us as a group.
These vicious internet trolls are constantly poking fun at the righteous, fearless and wise President and Commander at-arms, Robert Mugabe.
I for one welcome the army's involvement to enforce law, order and civility.
#MugabeForever
Is this the same Sibanda? https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Slow news day in Africa maybe?
Everyone praised twitter and facebook during the "Arab Spring". Now the people had control and could organise protests and campaigns at will.
Now we are starting to see the dark side of Social Media.
The possibility to find and neutralize people who disagrees with those in power is unprecedented. This is in Zimbabwe, but think of the resources for other countries with more... uhm.. direct link.. to these companies.
The Internet has definitely made it easier for people to organize against despotic regimes. And it's understandable that despots would find this threatening. It is a hell of a lot harder to figure out whose door to kick in when people don't advertise their real identities. And it's harder to stomp out dissident meetings when participants don't do their planning from any single location.
Why not try to find Prince Alibaba-shibubu and try to get back those missing rupees?
Mugabe needs to get got.
President Robert Mugabe is a boat anchor, a chain around the neck of Zimbabwe. He had the opportunity to be another Nelson Mandela and he blew it.
Now they need to get rid of him. Zimbabwe can never be great, or even good, with Robert Mugabe in charge. He's just another African Big Man, a dictator working for himself at the expense of others.
They wish you would let them have this control in USA.
1) destroy the currency, done.
2) influence the military to choose the government snakes over their own families and friends, can not be done.
In Zimbabwe maybe they just think of each other's life as cheap. In USA it is different.
Try to take the guns away spooks. One by one and in groups you go to Hell. Even Mexican Marines will kill you lying fucks.
This statement is true pretty much every year after Mugabe took over the presidency...
When they put down their cell, post stuff on social media using their apps, and have their own people "remove" them from existence.
Including when they sleep.
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Nobody gives a single fuck about the petty illogical bullshit going on there... because they're all too busy searching for Pokemon...
Because in Zimbabwe, your monthly broadband payment is a wheelbarrow load of those hundred-trillion-dollar bills.
https://www.google.com/search?...