Ethiopia lays down the banhammer on Skype, 15 years in prison await for the guilty

Just when you thought that the whole world would have understood the concept of freedom of speech, along comes Ethiopia to throw a spanner into the works – it seems that the African country has criminalized the use of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) services, Skype included. If you are caught and proven in the court of law to use Skype on your computer or portable device, you could be looking at spending the next 15 years of your life in the slammer. While the law itself was passed on May 24th, no one made a meal out of it internationally until recently.

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