SECTOR 1 However, Radio ICE100 is an online station, which ‘I think is not registered per se, but the BOCRA is aware of the radio station.’ It is assumed that some kind of agreement exists because the law is silent on online radio stations. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: ✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ 4.6 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 1.0; 2011 = 2.7; 2014 = 5.0) 1.9 The state does not seek to block or filter Internet content unless in accordance with laws that provide for restrictions that serve a legitimate interest and are necessary in a democratic society, and which are applied by independent courts. Under the amended Cybercrime and Computer Related Crimes Act, ‘the wider impact on the right to privacy seems to be somewhat taken away from users of the internet’ because the state is given the power to monitor online activities and purely ‘on suspicion.’ The amendments to the Act, which will include issues of cyberbullying, have yet to be signed into law by the president. ‘A good part of the law’ was developed under the “pretext” that it protects people from exposure to indecent material.’ According to the Act, revenge porn is identified as a crime that is protective of (potential) victims. Yet, the majority of clauses contained in the law appear rather oppressive than protective. There have also been instances where websites of media houses were hacked but it is not known by whom. Suspicion is prevalent that there have been intentional temporary blackouts during ‘hot potato’ discussions, ‘you know that there is interference on your platforms.’ A panellist with a differing opinion explained that ‘the law seeks to entrench the right to privacy’ to ensure that what happens in people’s private spheres remains so and that the law is not ‘necessarily meant to deal with issues that are not of an intimate nature.’ AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BOTSWANA 2018 19