The Maubima
newspaper owned by businessman turned politician Tiran Alles, has called upon
the government to censor and block news websites – which in their opinion –
have been publishing false information in the wake of the announcement of
Presidential polls.
In its
editorial published yesterday (12), the writer has claimed that various
organized groups in foreign countries have been increasingly planting false
news items in and have been circulating such misleading information through
social media sites including Facebook and Twitter.
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| Maubima Editorial |
Though no
credible source has been quoted, the editorial claims that certain members of
these various ‘conspirator’ groups operating from foreign countries have been
managing about 300 accounts by each person, which have then been deployed to
mislead internet users by feeding them false information.
The writer
has gone on to state that although the government has on previous occasions
taken measures to censor and block certain news websites following disclosures
made by the Maubima newspaper on the ongoing ‘web mafia’, no action has been
taken so far concerning the increase of false information being circulated
among local internet users in target of the upcoming presidential polls.
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