{"id":161252,"date":"2016-04-11T15:48:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=161252"},"modified":"2016-04-11T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:57:20","slug":"how-to-remove-jacob-zuma-from-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/161252-how-to-remove-jacob-zuma-from-the-internet.html","title":{"rendered":"How to remove Jacob Zuma from the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The developer of the ‘Fallen Zuma<\/a><\/strong>‘ extension on Google\u2019s Chrome web browser says he built it because South Africans feel \u201cpowerless\u201d.<\/p>\n

Digital artist Mitch Said developed the extension for the popular web browser which removes the mention of “Zuma” from a user’s internet experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe combination of a striking repudiation of Zuma\u2019s conduct by the country\u2019s highest authority and the lack of meaningful consequence left us (and a fair amount of South Africans, at least judging by my Twitter feed) feeling somewhat powerless,\u201d Said told Fin24.<\/p>\n

There have been persistent calls from politicians and civil society groups for President Jacob Zuma to step down following a Constitutional Court ruling last month concerning his Nkandla homestead.<\/p>\n

Said developed the extension with friend Simon Shear because they felt in part that President Jacob Zuma\u2019s statement, which followed the Constitutional Court ruling, was a \u201cdisappointing half-apology\u201d.<\/p>\n

The extension was also modelled on a similar one for US presidential candidate Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d really enjoyed how John Oliver\u2019s Last Week Tonight had recently created a browser add-on to transform all online instances of \u2018Trump\u2019 to \u2018Drumpf\u2019 (the original Trump family name), in an attempt to remove some of the lustre of celebrity from his name (and allow people to signal their disdain for him, of course),\u201d said Said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed like we could do something with the same medium to regain some feeling of control over the fate of our young-ish democracy. With calls for the president\u2019s impeachment reaching fever pitch, it became clear that perhaps we could achieve online what seemed impossible in real life,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Google Chrome is South Africa’s most popular web browser with a 48% market share according to figures from StatCounter.com.<\/p>\n

Fin24<\/a><\/p>\n

More on President Zuma<\/h3>\n

Watch the motion to impeach Zuma online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Help Jacob Zuma pay back the money for Nkandla<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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