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    By TheHub.news StaffMarch 11, 202402 Mins Read
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    The Zambian government has restricted several social media platforms across the country, including direct messaging service WhatsApp.

    Digital rights organization Access Now and internet monitor NetBlocks have confirmed the internet shutdown. Several internet services have been interrupted, such as the Zambian government-owned Zamtel, Airtel Zambia, Liquid Telecom, and MTN.

    Voters on impacted networks in Zambia are using VPNs to communicate.

    So I was about to make my next point on @metrotvgh news night about the PF goverment's threat to shutdown internet activity in Zambia ahead of our August 12 elections if it is "abused"… and then boom, it happened! The internet made the point! Thanks @metrotvgh@HHichilema pic.twitter.com/QD30PoGMfX

    — Kamwala Ward Councillor (@MaindaSimataa) August 12, 2021

    The restrictions come as the country heads out to the polls to vote in the general elections as President Edgar Lungu faces off against opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema for the third time.

    Hichilema lost by around 100,000 votes in 2016 with an even narrower margin in a by-election the previous year, per Africa News.

    Zambia’s Ministry of Information and Broadcast Services initially considered shutting down internet access in the run-up to election day to stop the spread of election misinformation if citizens “failed to use the cyberspace during this year’s election correctly,” per the Lusaka Times.

    The restrictions will continue through Sunday when vote counts are expected to have ended.

    ZAMBIA: Law Association of #Zambia calls on the Electoral Commission to discharge its statutory role, and for the restoration of internet, social media in the aftermath of#ZambiaVotes2021 #ZambiaDecides2021 #MyLawZone pic.twitter.com/TIVAPQhwZ4

    — Enviro Court (@EnviroCourt) August 13, 2021

    Zambia’s Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga issued the following statement ahead of the elections.

    “The government, therefore, expects citizens to use the internet responsibly. But if some people choose to abuse the internet to mislead and misinform, the government will not hesitate to invoke relevant legal provisions to forestall any breakdown of law and order as the country passes through the election period,” Malupenga said.

    Polls are now closed, but votes are still allowed to be cast for anyone still in line.

    Originally posted 2021-08-13 16:00:00.

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