The Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations, 2020 are largely restrictive and curtail human rights and freedoms online including expression, information, assembly and association and the right to privacy online. Moreover, the regulations were adopted in haste during a controversial period in Tanzania of COVID-19 denialism and in the run-up period to the 2020 general elections, and appeared aimed at curbing free speech targeting online platforms used by government critics in opposition, media, academia and human rights defenders. The proposed amendments to the regulations provide some ray of hope towards the digital rights and freedom space, but may not be sufficient to fully tackle current concerns in Tanzania.
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