At least they're fighting it.

The people of Zimbabwe, a raw dictatorship, are fighting against a proposed law to monitor telephone calls and internet use.

Once again, the US is a beacon, a shining example to the world.

The government says the bill is similar to anti-terror laws elsewhere to protect people from organised crime.....

"One of the key obligations on internet service providers (ISPs) is to install equipment which would allow them to interface between the ISP and the monitoring service," Jim Holland, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Internet Service Providers' Association, told the BBC News website.

Doesn't that sound similar to the "secret rooms" at AT&T's offices in St. Louis and San Francisco?