Media Reforms Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill MISA Zimbabwe convened capacity building and engagement meetings on the Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill with policy makers, and members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services and that of Information Communication Technology. A multistakeholder meeting was also convened on the same issue and was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Information, Communication Technology Postal and Courier Services, Honourable Dingimuzi Phuti, as well as other stakeholders from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), civil society, media and the telecommunications industry. For instance, Section 164 criminalises the sending of messages to any person, group or the public, with the intention to incite violence or damage to property. This was widely criticised by MISA Zimbabwe as an attempt to smuggle back criminal defamation which was struck off the statutes by the Constitutional Court. Among its other contentious provisions, is the proposed use of forensic tools such as the key stroke logger without being clear on how and under what circumstances the method would be applied, as well as the Bill’s failure to provide for judicial oversight or other accountability measures for monitoring and reviewing the potential abuse of the use of such intrusive technologies. MISA Zimbabwe also conducted countrywide meetings which were aimed at unpacking the Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill prior to the public hearings on the proposed law. 10