Govt snooping slows down internet access: Survey

ZIMBABWE is among several African countries that lack free access to the internet due to government snooping, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom has revealed.

Over the years, many African governments have resolved to censor a variety of apps and sites, especially around election time.

The organisation, its latest report, states that internet surveillance has been instituted in, for instance, Zambia and Zimbabwe to target and persecute prominent civic society leaders, opposition leaders and other dissenting voices.

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