GERMAN Ambassador to Zambia Dr Anne-Wagner Mitchel says the cooperation between the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), civil society organisations and main social media platforms needs to be formalised in order to develop an efficient mechanism of ensuring transparency of online campaigns. And Bloggers of Zambia board chairperson Daniel Sikazwe says access to the internet remains unequal in Zambia. Speaking during the Lusaka Internet Meet-up workshop, Wednesday, Ambassador Mitchel said there was need for social media platforms like Facebook to introduce best practices in Zambia. “Zambia at the moment is debating the regulation of social media. I just want to point out that during the elections, we had an EU election observation mission here and in their final report, they...

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