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HARARE, Zimbabwe – As “social media trolls” go after Beatrice Mutetwa, a top human rights advocate in Zimbabwe, she has chosen not to worry but instead focus on her job.
As “social media trolls” go after Beatrice Mutetwa, a top human rights advocate in Zimbabwe, she has chosen not to worry but instead focus on her job.
Arrested, beaten, detained, and at times tortured, once her dog was poisoned to death in a bid to intimidate, Mutetwa said the attacks had given her higher notches on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
“I don’t do social media precisely because I have no time for the trolls. I do get called names here and there, but as I know who I am, I don’t really care what some paid character assassin calls me,” Mutetwa told Anadolu Agency.
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