[liberationtech] Internet misuse in Gambia

2013-07-29 Thread Richard Brooks
New law in Gambia makes using the Internet to incite dissatisfaction with the government punishable by up to 15 years in jail and $100,00 fine: http://frontpageinternational.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/internet-is-being-used-as-platform-for-nefarious-and-satanic-activities/ Looks like other

Re: [liberationtech] Internet misuse in Gambia

2013-07-29 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29 Jul 2013, at 15:26, Richard Brooks wrote: New law in Gambia makes using the Internet to incite dissatisfaction with the government punishable by up to 15 years in jail and $100,00 fine:

Re: [liberationtech] Internet misuse in Gambia

2013-07-29 Thread Richard Brooks
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - From what I hear, yes complaining about the government on Facebook or Twitter would easily qualify. To give you an idea, Guinea where the government soldiers rounded up large segments of the population in 2009, put them in a stadium for mass