Tanzania has decided to restrict access to the social media platform X because it allows it to share pornography, the Minister said.
Jerry Sila told the local TV center that the matter was contrary to the “laws, culture, practices and traditions of the East African state.”
Tanzanians have reported that access to the X has been restricted in the past two weeks after the rise of political tensions and the police account has been hacked, but has not yet been shut down.
Tanzania’s rights group posted in the X that Sila’s comments reflected “the troubled model of digital repression” before the October presidential and parliamentary elections.
Tanzanian President Samiya Sulu Hasan has been accused of repressing the government as the government is campaigning to be in power.
The Popular Social Audio App Club House and Messaging Service Telegram are also inaccessible without the use of virtual private networks (VPN), the rights group said.
It is disturbed that the minister’s role in blocking the X is confirmed, but it is disturbed by the fact that government officials and public institutions continued to use the platform.
“This inconsistency confuses the public and destroys the credibility of the government’s position,” LHRC added.
In her interview, Sila linked the ban to the declaration of X last year, which no longer restricts the adult content as “produced and distributed and distributed.”
The minister has told Tanzania’s online “in violation of moral guidelines” is allowed to be clear sexual items, including same -sex porn. “
“Even on YouTube, you will notice that some things are inaccessible. This is part of our broader effort to protect customers and ensure that all the online platforms that operate in our country will follow our laws,” Sila said.
On May 20, the Internet Watchdog Netblocks reported that the Tanzania X was blocked after reports that the official police account was hacked, claiming that the president died and the president died.
The AFP news agency reported that the tax authority’s hacked YouTube account was also pornographic.
It is not clear who the hacking is, but it was adjusted to the government’s atrocities on Kenya and Ugandan’s human rights campaigns, who had gone to Tanzania, and showed solidarity with the leader of the chief opposition party, piece Lisu.
He has been arrested on charges of treason after saying that they would lead a campaign to boycott the election if the laws were not changed to allow for an open and fair survey.
Former Justice Minister of Kenya Martha Karu, one of the deported deportation after arriving at the main city of Tanzania’s main city, was deported before the Lissu court.
He denies the allegation of treason, saying the case is politically.
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Uganda’s Agadar Attuhair were allowed to enter, but were later arrested for several days.
Upon returning home, Atuhair said that he was “violently” to the BBC and said that I was sexually abused.
On Monday, Mwangi was also sexually abused in custody and his torture gifts told his president to say “Asante” (thanks in Swahili).
Dor S Salam’s police chief denied the allegations, saying that he was “opinions” and “Hearsay”.
Regional Rights Groups have called for an investigation, and the Amnesty International says that Tanzanian officials should take into account those responsible for “inhuman” treatment.
President Samiya said that the activists of other East African states would “interfere” in Tanzanian affairs and “mess”.
After the death of the then President John Magufuli, he inherited the position of president and was widely praised for allowing more political freedom.
But her critics say she is showing the same dictatorial tendency as Magufuli as she is preparing to contest her first election as the presidential candidate of the Ruling Party.
The government says Tanzania is a stable democracy and the survey is free and fair.
