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# Tanzania government introduces new regulation to govern social media and blogging
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/tanzania-government-introduces-new-regulation-to-govern-social-media-and-blogging/
- Published: 2018-04-10T23:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-07T21:16:08.000Z
- Author: Techloy
- Tags: Social Media, Tanzania, GovTech

Tanzania’s government has signed into law a new regulation that will govern social media and blogging in the country.

The regulation known as [Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations 2017](https://www.tcra.go.tz/images/documents/regulations/SUPP%5FGN%5FNO%5F133%5F16%5F03%5F2018%5FEPOCA%5FONLINE%5FCONTENT%5FREGULATIONS%5F2018.pdf) will charge a license fee for operating online radio stations, video (TV) websites in the country. Also, bloggers will be required to pay a license fee to blog as well as annual fees.

The government says the new regulation will help to put a stop to the “moral decadence” caused by social media and the internet in the country, as it considers social media a threat to Tanzania’s national security.