Police catch alleged ‘online blackmailers’
The fear of exposure of their names and identity to social media and online abuse is one of the biggest impediments to social good for most successful African people. Governments across Africa have done much in legislation to try and curb this menace.
However, the absence of effective prosecutions leaves the public unaware of the consequences of writing defamatory articles about individuals or brands and assuming the role of whistleblowers, investigative journalists, judge and jury to the image of people who laboured for decades to become who they are in life.
At the very least, they are happily demonstrating the long-held African vice called “pull down syndrome,” where the joy of satanic proportion is seen in the downfall of very successful people. On a more sinister level, they use defamation to obtain funds in the name of removing the articles or use it to destroy competition to their business or market interests.
One person who has had to deal with these menacing attacks countlessly over the past decade is the trailblazing founder of the Resurrected Black Wall Street and Creator of Compassionate Capitalism, Charles N. Lambert. A person who dedicated decades of his life to achieving economic independence for Africa has seen the same people he has given jobs and opportunities turn around and slander him with unfounded accusations.
Lambert ignored these attacks for over a decade, and his PR team spent millions deleting the posts because he said he was still too busy for them. However, that phase is now over, and collaboration has been enacted with International Police to ensure a more enabling environment for Africa’s successful people (not just Lambert) to thrive without fear of defamation, libel, blackmail, and the like.
The series of arrests and prosecutions have only just begun.
(Vanguard)
