to interact socially and for more critical conversations. On the broadcasting front, national commercial radio station, Star FM, in October launched its mobile application allowing functionalities of live streaming, play or pause, of their live broadcasts. Threats to free expression online While legal and, in some instances, extra-legal hindrances continue to hinder freedom of expression and access to information, especially through the traditional means of communication, the internet has remained a relatively freer space for information diffusion, dialogue and debate, providing an opportunity for Zimbabweans to participate in that space. Their participation is reflected in various newspaper websites, online news agencies and various social media platforms on which Zimbabweans robustly debate issues and propagate their views however critical of the state. However, the internet is not completely secure since laws that are used to regulate and control expression offline can still be used to regulate online activity. This was the situation in the case of councillor for the opposition political party, the MDC-T, Nduna Matshazi who was arrested in October for allegedly posting a derogatory message on a Whatsapp chat group insulting President Mugabe. The councillor was later suspended. The government worked on bills to control cyberspace, notably the Data Protection Bill, Electronic Transaction and Electronic Commerce Bill and the Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bills. The proposed legislative measures would give government greater control of cyber space. 100 So This is Democracy? 2015 The Electronic Transaction and Electronic Commerce Bill intends to promote legal certainty and enforce ability to electronic transactions and electronic commerce. It also aims to grant legal recognition to electronic communications and writing and would also provide for the legal effect of electronic signatures as well as secure electronic signatures. The Data Protection Bill will govern the processing of personal information by private and public bodies to prevent unauthorised and arbitrary use, collection, processing, transmission and storage of data of identifiable persons. The Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bills, if passed, will allow government to remotely install forensic spying tools onto citizens’ communication devices. A remote forensic tool is defined in the draft Bill as an “investigative tool, including software or hardware installed on or in relation to a computer system or part of a computer system and used to perform tasks that include, but are not limited to keystroke logging or transmission of an IP address”.