In December 2021, Zimbabwe enacted the Cyber Data Protection Act, which has aspects relating to cybersecurity and cybercrimes. The law has progressive provisions relating to specifications on the rights of data subjects, and notification of security breach together with the responsibilities that have been placed on data controllers for purposes of promoting data protection and privacy. The other provision is on cyber-bullying and harassment. Such provisions are progressive as far as women’s rights online are concerned. Several women, particularly female journalists, and female politicians in Zimbabwe, have been victims of cyber-bullying and harassment which has greatly affected the exercise of digital rights by women. If implemented properly, this provision will be critical in ensuring that individuals respect the rights of others to express themselves and access information online freely. Victims will also benefit greatly from the provision on the transmission of intimate images without consent as cases of revenge pornography have been on the rise in Zimbabwe and other jurisdictions. Regrettably, the Act also has provisions that have the potential to reverse these gains. One such provisions is that which criminalises what is termed as the transmission of data message that incites violence or damage to property. Another problematic provision relates to the transmission of false data messages. Several journalists and citizens have since been charged under this law. Alpha Media Holdings editor-in-chief Wisdom Mdzungairi and senior reporter Desmond Chingarande were on the 3rd of August 2022 arrested and charged over a story they published pertaining to the legal squabbles relating to Glenforest Memorial Park in Harare. The two were accused of contravening Section 164C of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, as amended through the Cyber and Data Protection Act, which relates to publishing false data messages intending to cause harm. Journalist Hope Chizuzu was on 29 September 2022 arrested on charges of transmitting false data messages intending to cause harm in contravention of Section 164C of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as amended. Chizuzu, a sports reporter, said he was reported to the police by complainants from the Board of State of the Media Report 7