Zimbabwean police are struggling to get to grips with internet social networking.
Bulawayo resident Vikas Mavhudzi - arrested in March on charges of using a Facebook posting to urge Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to topple President Robert Mugabe Egypt-style - this week walked free.
Mavhudzi allegedly sent a message to Tsvangirai's wall which read: "I'm overwhelmed; don't know what to say, Mr PM. What happened in Egypt is sending shockwaves to all dictators around the world. No weapon but unity of purpose. Worth emulating, hey."
Magistrate Rose Dube dismissed the case on Tuesday after police failed to produce evidence of the Facebook comment in court.
In his report to the state prosecutor, Detective Inspector B Samakande of Bulawayo central police station's CID law and order section said: " Assistance was sought from experts in the police's information technology section without any success. It would appear the message was deleted from the network."
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