Zim cyber expert pushes for continent wide cyber law
Brian Rungano Temba
Zimbabwean cybersecurity expert Ethan Mudavanhu has challenged the Pan African Parliament to consider coming up with laws that govern internet activity.
Ambassador Ethan Mudavanhu, who is the Internet Societies, United Nations and Internet Governance Ambassador made a presentation at the PAP ordinary session, saying if left unchecked cyberspaces can become sources of destabilization.
Mudavanhu who is also a tech public policy advisor said;
“This topic is not being discussed enough at such high level platforms. Usually when we are talking of Unconstitutional Change of Government (UCGs) we envision coup de’tat but ignore the cyber influence for its physical manifestation.”
Mudavanhu said online platforms are being used by governments and organisations hostile to countries to seed the public opinion of illegitimacy in the general public.
He said that they have also seen the decline in Government voice on the attacks made on the plethora of social media sites against them, considering that conversations that shape public perception are citing digital platforms.
PAP is a brilliant platform for this discussion and a resultant movement to forge the framework that will assure Africa has a safe cyber space that allows Governments to coexist peacefully through legislation.
Mudavanhu said that 29 out of 50 African states have a secure cyber framework and which leaves most of Africa open to UCGs via the Cyber space.
Uprisings like the Arab Spring, responsible for the fall of Libya is one of the most recent events where cyberspaces were abused by regime change agents.
Western sponsored voices, pretending to be pro-democracy thinkers are emerging, subtly pushing voices for regime change.
Journalists, artists, authors and clerics are being used to push an agenda which at face value seems like an enhanced accountability crusade but in reality will be sowing seeds of regime change.
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