SPECIAL COLLECTION OF THE CASE LAW ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION or regulation where the interest of consumers and their consumer and constitutional rights are threatened”. ZICTA also consented to informing the public within 36 hours of any disruptions of the reason for that interruption. This judgement thus endorses the agreement between the two parties, Chapter One Foundation (petitioner) and ZICTA (defendant). The legal action was triggered by the interruption of internet access during the general elections of August 2021. In the judgement of the case Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights v. Minister of State and National Security, the Zimbabwean High Court held that an order to shut down internet services was unlawful and ordered that all telecommunications service providers restore access to their subscribers. The Court held that the applicable Interception of Communications Act was directly administered by the President and so the Minister had no authority to issue an order under the law. 41