Uproar over proposed law to further regulate social media in Kenya
A new Bill that seeks to regulate social media use in Kenya through a range of licensing controls has been greeted with dismay by large sections of the Kenyan public. …
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Tanzanian journalist charged with false news over WhatsApp posts
On September 7, police in the central Iringa region arrested Atilio, a former reporter for Radio Maria Tanzania and Key FM Tanzania, over his posts in the Mufindi Media Group, …
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Storm brews over UCC online and social media registration rules
By Benjamin Rukwengye In March 2018, the governments of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, as if acting in tandem, issued new rules requiring the licensing of social media and online content …
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Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa
Jeff Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University One of the least enviable tasks of journalists in the US must be reporting on how the public trusts their work less and less. A …
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Statement – UK aid promises “bold new support” to promote media freedom around the world
A new UK aid package is to help promote media freedom in developing countries around the world, International Development Minister Harriet Baldwin announced on 10 July, 2019. One programme will …
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ACME statement – UCC must reverse its directive to media houses to suspend staff
For Immediate Release 2 May 2019 Kampala The African Centre for Media Excellence strongly condemns the directive by Uganda Communications Commission, the broadcast regulator, to seven radio and six television …
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Museveni signs Uganda’s first data protection and privacy law
Image by JanBaby on Pixabay On Thursday 28 February, 2019 President Yoweri Museveni signed and assented to the Data Protection and Privacy Act. The new law, the first of its …
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Shutting down the internet doesn’t work — but governments keep doing it
George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it. And where regulation fails, …
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