INFORMATION and Media Minister Chushi Kasanda says some people are being paid to discredit the government and spread falsehoods about ministers on social media. And Shiwang’andu PF member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo says the Ministry of Information and Media should be organised in the way it disseminates information. Debating the budget for her ministry in Parliament, Wednesday, Kasanda warned people against using social media for the wrong reasons, saying there was now a Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes law in place. “Social media is being abused. The abuse of hate speech, falsehoods, not only on Ministers but prominent people in the country, and that has been a concern for all of us. We know that most of those people that...

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