Africa-Press – Mauritius. Until proven otherwise, it seems that any act of theft of computer and telephone data is cybercrime and is punishable by law. It is without any embarrassment that a telephone conversation between an elected member of the opposition and another of the rank of the government was intercepted and made public in the columns of the press.
Would the elected opposition member rebel against this illegal act of wiretapping to which she was subjected? And what about the newspaper that cheerfully publishes this kind of information without revealing the source or condemning the act of interception?
If we still want to give the benefit of the doubt as to the very intention of what is wrongdoing in the race to create buzz, it is because we cling to the belief that a certain principle dictates the line not to cross in the trade.
Nay! In the midst of a pandemic in 2020, made worse by the Wakashio oil spill, we saw a maritime expert without a diploma appear on the airwaves and, in the fray, set himself up as a street protest leader. The excitement on the airwaves was in full swing.
The relaxed and uninhibited speech behind the microphone gave free rein to the public’s outburst to criticize, condemn and judge with a touch of mockery shared by everyone with a total lack of restraint when the authorities are targeted.
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