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Data publication is now banned in Tanzania. The John Magufuli government wants media houses to seek permission before doing so. A bill was tabled in the parliament earlier this week to make amendments to the …

Bloggers in Tanzania have lost an appeal and it is mandatory for them to pay a fee for blogging and even to apply for a license to do so. This is now pushing most of …

All the unregistered bloggers in Tanzania need to shut down their website with immediate effect and those who will fail to do so would be facing criminal prosecution. The order has been passed by John …

Bloggers, media organizations and six human rights won a temporary court injunction Friday against order of communications regulator to register their online platforms. Judge Fauz Twaib until another pending hearing the government’s deadline to heed …

Is it really true, as claimed by several critics, President John Magufuli is deliberately targeting freedom of expression. The new law regulating online-related content in Tanzania titled as the Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) …

Blogging is not free in Tanzania now. You need to pay about $930 per anum to the government to be certified as blogger in the country. The new online regulations also encompass online radio and …