Comments on: Police consider shut down of social media on election day https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Thu, 26 May 2016 22:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 By: Emmanuel Kofi Yirenkyi Antwi https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-2795 Thu, 26 May 2016 22:07:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-2795 (1) Freedom and independence of the media are hereby guaranteed.
(2) Subject to this Constitution and any other law not inconsistent with this Constitution, there shall be no censorship in Ghana.
(3) There shall be no impediments to the establishment of private press or media; and in particular, there shall be no law requiring any person to obtain a licence as a prerequisite to the establishment or operation of a newspaper, journal or other media for mass communication or information.
(4) Editors and publishers of newspapers and other institutions of the mass media shall not be subject to control or interference by Government, not shall they be penalized or harassed for their editorial opinions and views, or the content of their publications.

Maybe the IGP should consider the provision in the 1992 constitution above before…..

]]> By: Emmanuel Kofi Yirenkyi Antwi https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-3476 Thu, 26 May 2016 22:07:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-3476 (1) Freedom and independence of the media are hereby guaranteed.
(2) Subject to this Constitution and any other law not inconsistent with this Constitution, there shall be no censorship in Ghana.
(3) There shall be no impediments to the establishment of private press or media; and in particular, there shall be no law requiring any person to obtain a licence as a prerequisite to the establishment or operation of a newspaper, journal or other media for mass communication or information.
(4) Editors and publishers of newspapers and other institutions of the mass media shall not be subject to control or interference by Government, not shall they be penalized or harassed for their editorial opinions and views, or the content of their publications.

Maybe the IGP should consider the provision in the 1992 constitution above before…..

]]> By: Emmanuel Kofi Yirenkyi Antwi https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-2794 Thu, 26 May 2016 21:41:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-2794 If the Police shut down social media on election day, it will be a total defeat to our democracy and freedom of speech .
Is Ghana becoming a Police State ?

]]> By: Emmanuel Kofi Yirenkyi Antwi https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-3475 Thu, 26 May 2016 21:41:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-3475 If the Police shut down social media on election day, it will be a total defeat to our democracy and freedom of speech .
Is Ghana becoming a Police State ?

]]> By: Nehemiah Attigah https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-2793 Thu, 26 May 2016 18:28:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-2793 You are not online and do not understand how it works yet you want to shut it done.

]]> By: Nehemiah Attigah https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-3474 Thu, 26 May 2016 18:28:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-3474 You are not online and do not understand how it works yet you want to shut it done.

]]> By: Elorm Kwasi Kanfra https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-2792 Thu, 26 May 2016 18:08:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-2792 So now for election security management best practices, we are turning to Uganda? Does the IGP and his team know that the reactionary and despotic Musevni regime with its ways, is widely regarded as a blight on Africa’s democratic and good governance record? Besides, the Ghana Police department’s social media prescence and activity is most derisory, and that’s me being kind with the words, i.e., dormant Twitter and Facebook accounts. Now, instead of taking progressive measures to build capacity in the area of cyber security so that the Department can generally strenghten the security of Ghana’s cyber space and specifically respond to or mitigate threats associated with social networking, it seeks to implement a reactionary policy that inadvertently exposes its own jaundiced capacity in this area. More and more police departments are using social media in crazy, cool ways to catch criminals, share information, and build better public image as well as relationships with the community. The Boston Police Department (BPD), which has long embraced both community policing and the use of social media, is a notable example. This is where our IGP and the Police leadership should be taking cues from, not Uganda (without apology)! And how can one reconcile the commitment to improved police-community relationships, touted every so often by the Police institution, with an obscured prescence on social media and the clear underutilization of same? Anyway, we (like-minded citizens) shall resist any form of censorship any time, any where, and all the more so when it is not based on law and any known common sense approach.

]]> By: Elorm Kwasi Kanfra https://citifmonline.com/2016/05/ppolice-to-shut-down-social-media-on-election-day/#comment-3473 Thu, 26 May 2016 18:08:00 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=217324#comment-3473 So now for election security management best practices, we are turning to Uganda? Does the IGP and his team know that the reactionary and despotic Musevni regime with its ways, is widely regarded as a blight on Africa’s democratic and good governance record? Besides, the Ghana Police department’s social media prescence and activity is most derisory, and that’s me being kind with the words, i.e., dormant Twitter and Facebook accounts. Now, instead of taking progressive measures to build capacity in the area of cyber security so that the Department can generally strenghten the security of Ghana’s cyber space and specifically respond to or mitigate threats associated with social networking, it seeks to implement a reactionary policy that inadvertently exposes its own jaundiced capacity in this area. More and more police departments are using social media in crazy, cool ways to catch criminals, share information, and build better public image as well as relationships with the community. The Boston Police Department (BPD), which has long embraced both community policing and the use of social media, is a notable example. This is where our IGP and the Police leadership should be taking cues from, not Uganda (without apology)! And how can one reconcile the commitment to improved police-community relationships, touted every so often by the Police institution, with an obscured prescence on social media and the clear underutilization of same? Anyway, we (like-minded citizens) shall resist any form of censorship any time, any where, and all the more so when it is not based on law and any known common sense approach.

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