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SHOULD the Government ban those under the age of 18 from social media to prevent them from accessing X-rated content like the one being churned out by Queen Nadia TV?
That is the view of some Zimbabweans, who have been airing their thoughts on social media, in the wake of the controversy triggered by the Queen Nadia TV content. Authorities in Australia have banned those who are under the age of 16 from social media and other European countries are following suit.
However, opinion remains divided, with some Zimbabweans even throwing their support behind the explicit content.
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) did not name Queen Nadia TV when they issued their statement warning content creators who are crossing the line in terms of X-rated material posted on social media platforms.
But, to many people who responded to the BAZ statement, the culprit is clear – Queen Nadia TV.
It’s the platform which has been posting explicit content on Facebook and it has garnered one billion views in 28 days.
The engagements, 29 million, have been massive and the woman behind the content, who keeps opening her legs to briefly expose herself, now has 3.1 million followers on Facebook.
She is believed to be from Mbare and is now staying in South Africa.
“The Authority reiterates that all broadcasting and digital content consumed within Zimbabwe is subject to the country’s legal and constitutional framework, irrespective of the platform through which such content is distributed.
“Although freedom of expression is available for all Zimbabweans as per Section 61 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, such freedom must be exercised responsibly and with due regard to the rights of others, as stated under Section 86 of the Constitution,” reads part of the BAZ statement.
Below is the feedback from social media users after BAZ’s statement:
I fully support this. Posting “nudes” on public platforms must be forbidden. Most of people who post such content are low lives who do not respect their bodies. Just imagine if one would take off their clothes completely in public, surely they would be arrested. The same laws must apply to those who post “nudes “ on public platforms. – Peter Chauke.
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The best way is to ban the social platforms so that abantwana and amadala won’t view once otherwise ama2K will use VPNs and claim that they are not in Zim. – Alain Adrian
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Thank you! Our children are at risk, the world is evolving in bad ways, things that people are normalising these days will shock you. – Trix Petroy.
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Haa mazuvaano zvaakutonetsa kumisa izvi kunze kwekunge vane dzimwe nzira dzavanogona kushandisa kuti content iyi isasvike kunyanya kuvana vari pasi pemakore 18 uye zvikutotyorawo tsika nemagariro edu sevana veZimbabwe hameno pamwe ndiyo nyaya yekushaya mabasa ikukonzeresa kuti tikoshese mari kupfuura zvinhu zvese. – Wilbert.
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You’re too lenient. Sue her if you mean it, if you let this pass by failing to summon her then you are promoting nudity in Zim media. – Alpha
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Children watch what they search because its algorithm coded that content keeps coming. It’s hard to stop people from doing such. I might be a Zimbabwean based in Angola, how are you going to stop me from posting? – Dany.
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We’re concerned about our kids watching such content, ko maWhatsapp channels what measures are you gonna take? – Freddy Wekwatsambowacho
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Only stops a few that are doing it from Zim but the kids will still have access to foreign ones, two hundreds of thousands pages from abroad. How about following what Aussie and France and Spain are following suit? Age restriction for social media access? – Sekuru Givhi
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Under the model, social media companies are compelled by law to verify users’ age or face stiff penalties. Of coz kumbawo semubereki you will be playing your part to ensure ma under-age ako are not breaching the law. – Tatendah Masekoh.
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The Kardashians made their fortune from this sort of content. While it’s not normal, let’s allow that rare gem that’s brave enough to do it. If it results in sexual feeling for the viewer, that is not her problem. They are the ones with dirty filthy minds. And Facebook is not a baby sitter for your kids. – Flame Lily.
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Their concern is too late ama 2k are way ahead of us big time zvinhu zvavarikufunga kuti it will cause damage now has already done that, these Gen Z are not to be underestimated. Jarmaine Drey.
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The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe must give the Government the green light to ban children who are below 18 to have access to social media. Australia, Britain and UAE have taken serious action to ban juveniles to have access to social media, vakuona the dangers mazviri. – Mukoma Dunnie.
