A CONSORTIUM of civil society organisations has condemned recent utterances by senior government officials threatening to use the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act to silence critical voices. The CSOs have urged government to assure the nation that the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act will not be used to silence anyone. The CSOs include Panos Institute Southern Africa, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Zambia Bloggers of Zambia, Free Press Initiative, Alliance for Community Action, Zambia Cyber Security Initiative Foundation, Operation Young Vote and Chapter One Foundation. In a statement issued by FPI Founder Joan Chirwa on behalf of other organisations, the CSOs named Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security Permanent Secretary Josephs Akafumba, his minister Jack Mwiimbu...