http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/swaziland-social-media-lese-majeste-law-planned/ for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/swaziland-social-media-lese-majeste-law-planned/#comment-13749 Swaziland: Social media lese majeste law planned « turcanin. cu ţ. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:54:06 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=34269#comment-13749 [...] Swaziland’s justice minister has told the country’s senate that the government is finalising a law that would make it illegal to criticise the King Mswati III on social media networks. “We will be tough on those who write bad things about the king on Twitter and Facebook,” Mgwagwa Gamedze said. Internet penetration is low in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, but social networks have been used to organise public demonstrations, including a student protest against funding cuts. Swazi senator Thuli Msane claimed online activism was spiralling out of control and disrespecting Mswati III. —indexoncensorship [...]

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