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By: Global Report » Blog Archive » “Cyber war” in Zimbabwe

Global Report » Blog Archive » “Cyber war” in Zimbabwe — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:43:30 +0000

[...] ZANU PF’s blacklisting ofÂ 41 online publications, including CNN and Technorati’s websites, were met with scepticism by bloggers such as Ethan Zuckerman on My Heart’s in Accra and those at Kubatana.Â [...]

By: Amanda Atwood

Amanda Atwood — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:24:46 +0000

Again, as the Independent article rightly points out, “it [is] not immediately apparent what measures, if any, the party can take against offending websites.”

At present, the sites on the list are not “blocked” in the slightest. Aside from the usual hassles of slow page loading speeds and dropped connections, there is no difference in trying to access Global Voices or the Washington Post than there is in accessing Google or Amazon (which aren’t on the list).

I do think its important to note that, to date, the sites are on just that – a “blacklist” about which the regime might, or might not, do anything. To go so far as to say they’re “blocked” now, when they are not, makes it harder to mobilise later, in the eventuality that they are.

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Zimbabwe blacklists Global Voices

…My heart’s in Accra » Zimbabwe blacklists Global Voices — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:55:42 +0000

[...] I’d love to tell you that I knew that cyberwar had been declared because our traffic fell precipitously a few days ago, but frankly, we didn’t notice. Given the current economic crisis in Zimbabwe, most Zimbabweans can’t afford much time in a cybercafe to peruse world news. (Zimbabwe ranks #119 in the list of countries accessing our site, between Moldova and Zambia…) I found out about the block from my friends at Kubatana, who helpfully point out that it’s farcical for ZANU-PF to block our publication while failing to block most of the blogs we cover in Zimbabwe… [...]

By: eddie

eddie — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:02:53 +0000

I mean things keep rolling…Zimbabwe,…..Zimbabwe…..Zimbabwe…..a very lovely country which keeps breathing its people.

Now the knife is on the media and online to be preciuos. I get worried for me who also is an online blogger..

we just wait ans see what is happening…